Species Eulophia aculeata
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Etymology of Eulophia:
Gk. eu- = good, well; lophos = crest; alluding to the crest on the lip.
Etymology of aculeata:
From the Latin ‘aculeata’ / ‘aculeatus’ meaning ‘prickly’
Scientific name:
Eulophia aculeata (L. f.) Spreng.
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Common names:
Pointed Eulophia
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Rhizomatous geophyte to 25 cm. Leaves partly or fully developed at flowering, linear-lanceolate, pleated. Flowers few to many in a dense raceme, dull ivory to white, tepals scarcely spreading, median sepal oblong, 6--16 mm long, lip crests of ridges and lamellate papillae, spur absent. Nov.--Jan. Fynbos and grassland, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).
Observations of Taxon
Eulophia aculeata subsp. huttonii
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CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Eulophia aculeata
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Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Eulophia aculeata
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Eulophia aculeata
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Eulophia aculeata
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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