Luisia hancockii Rolfe

Species

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Characteristics

Stems tufted, ascending, to 20 cm, 3-4 mm in diam., rigid, internodes 1.5-2 cm. Leaves facing all directions, 5-9 cm × 2-2.5 mm, obtuse. Inflorescence 1-1.5 cm, usually 2-or 3-flowered; floral bracts broadly ovate, 1.5-2 cm, fleshy, obtuse. Flowers fleshy, opening widely, yellowish green, lip hypochile purple-red; pedicel and ovary 1-1.2 cm. Dorsal sepal obovate-oblong, ca. 6 × 3 mm, obtuse; lateral sepals oblong, conduplicate, ca. 7 × 3 mm, dorsally carinate and becoming winged at apex, margin incurved, apex obtuse. Petals slightly oblique, oblong, ca. 6 × 3 mm, obtuse; lip nearly ovate-oblong, ca. 7 mm, base ca. 4 mm wide, without a distinct boundary between epichile and hypochile; hypochile slightly concave, base with lateral lobes ca. 0.5 mm; epichile bilobed, emarginate at apex, margin crenate or undulate, adaxially with 3 or 4 papillate longitudinal ridges. Column ca. 2 mm; stipe obovate, ca. 1 mm; viscidium transversely oblong, ca. 1.6 mm, thick. Capsule ellipsoid-cylindric, 1.5-2 cm. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug.
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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Luisia hancockii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:641809-1
WFO ID wfo-0000231007
COL ID 3WDS5
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Synonyms

Luisia hancockii