Description
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Epiphytic, rarely lithophytic, herb with monopodial
growth. Pseudobulbs 0. Stem bearing pointed persistent leaf bases.
Leaves forming a fan. Inflorescences racemose, arising from the stem base.
Flowers white; spur greenish. Sepals and petals ± similar. Lip
entire to obscurely 3-lobed, spurred. Pollinia 2. Stipes Y-shaped.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ypsilopus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=452
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Ypsilopus: Brief Summary
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Ypsilopus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae native to Africa.
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