Luisia cordata Fukuy.

Species

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Characteristics

Stems erect or pendulous, 30-60 mm, ca. 5 mm in diam., usually unbranched. Leaves ca. 20 cm × 3 mm, acute at apex. Inflorescences 2-or 3-flowered; floral bracts distichous, broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, acute. Flowers often nodding, ca. 1 cm in diam., sepals and petals green, lip deep purple-red; pedicel and ovary green, ca. 1 cm. Dorsal sepal ligulate, ca. 5 × 3 mm, 5-veined, obtuse; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate, cymbiform, ca. 6 × 4 mm, dorsally carinate, 7-veined, apex acute. Petals linear, ca. 7.5 × 2 mm, acute; lip ca. 7 mm, fleshy, glabrous, without a distinct boundary between hypochile and epichile; hypochile ca. 3 × 4.5 mm, concave, lateral lobes very short; epichile cordate, large, ca. 4 × 5 mm, with a swelling near apex. Column ca. 3.5 mm. Fl. Jan.
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Distribution

Luisia cordata world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641799-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230996
COL ID 7P2DD
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Synonyms

Luisia cordata