Description
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Terrestrial herbs with ellipsoid or
fusiform tubers. Stems leafy. Leaves often numerous and overlapping. Bracts leaf-like, longer than the flowers at least at base of inflorescence. Flowers usually mauve or purple, often
with darker spots, less often cream-coloured or greenish-brown.
Sepals free. Petals usually adnate at base to side of column.
Basal part of lip boat-shaped, spurred or saccate; upper
part flattened, usually projecting forwards.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Brachycorythis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=405
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Brachycorythis: Brief Summary
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Brachycorythis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains approximately 40-50 species native mostly to Africa and Madagascar but also some from South and East Asia (India, Thailand, China, etc.).
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