扁球羊耳蒜（台湾植物志）
Liparis elliptica Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 17. Pl. 1735. 1851; Seidenf. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 31 (1): 79. fig. 54. 1976, et in Opera Bot. 114: 143. 1992; 台湾兰科植物2: 226-227 (图). 1977; 台湾兰科植物彩色图鉴2: 572. 1990; 横断山区维管植物2: 2569. 1994; Averyanov, Iden. Guide Vietnam. Orch. 147. 1994;Z. H. Tsi et S. C. Chen in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 33 (3): 294. 1995. ——Liparis platybulba Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formos. 4: 30. fig. 8. 1914; Masamune in J. Geobot. 20 (1): t. 176. 1972;台湾植物志5: 1047. 1978.——Cestichis platybulba (Hayata) Kudo in J. Soc. Trop. Agr. 2: 147. 1930.
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On trees in forests; 200-1600 m. S Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, S and W Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific islands]. |
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Herbs, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs densely arranged, oblong or ellipsoid, compressed, 1-3 cm × 6-15 mm. |
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Leaves 2, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong, 4-12 × 1.2-2.8 cm, papery, base contracted into a short petiole, articulate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. |
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Inflorescence arching or pendulous, 7-17 cm; peduncle somewhat compressed, sometimes with a few sterile bracts; rachis 4-8 cm, several to many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm, membranous. Flowers pale yellowish green; pedicel and ovary ca. 4.5 mm. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 × 1.5-1.8 mm, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly linear or nearly filiform, 3.5-4.5 × ca. 0.5 mm; lip orbicular or nearly ovate-orbicular, 4-5 mm, ecallose, margin ± crisped especially toward apex, appearing 3-lobed due to auriculate-folded margins at or above middle, apex long acuminate or shortly caudate. Column 1.5-2 mm, wingless. |
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Capsule narrowly obovoid, 5-6 × 2-2.5 mm; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm. Fl. Nov-Feb, fr. May. | ||
Herbs, epiphytic. Pseudobulbs densely arranged, oblong or ellipsoid, compressed, 1-3 cm × 6-15 mm. Leaves 2, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong, 4-12 × 1.2-2.8 cm, papery, base contracted into a short petiole, articulate, apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescence arching or pendulous, 7-17 cm; peduncle somewhat compressed, sometimes with a few sterile bracts; rachis 4-8 cm, several to many flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 1.5-3 mm, membranous. Flowers pale yellowish green; pedicel and ovary ca. 4.5 mm. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 × 1.5-1.8 mm, apex obtuse. Petals narrowly linear or nearly filiform, 3.5-4.5 × ca. 0.5 mm; lip orbicular or nearly ovate-orbicular, 4-5 mm, ecallose, margin ± crisped especially toward apex, appearing 3-lobed due to auriculate-folded margins at or above middle, apex long acuminate or shortly caudate. Column 1.5-2 mm, wingless. Capsule narrowly obovoid, 5-6 × 2-2.5 mm; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm. Fl. Nov-Feb, fr. May.
On trees in forests; 200-1600 m. S Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, S and W Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Pacific islands].