Taxonomy
| Family : | Orchidaceae |
| Species : | Vanilla africana |
| Subspecies : | ramosa (Rolfe) Szlach & Olszewski |
| Variety : | - |
| Forma : | - |
| Current name : |
Vanilla africana Lindl. subsp. ramosa (Rolfe) Szlach & Olszewski
The botanical name under which the specimen is filed in the herbarium.
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| Accept name : | Vanilla ramosa Rolfe |
| Local name : | - |
Collecting data
| Collection number : | 551 |
| Collector : | Evrard C. |
| Collection date : | 24/03/1955 |
| Collection comment : | tube |
| Locality : | Gbo- Sassa |
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Locality
| Place num : | - |
| Locality : | Gbo- Sassa |
| Geosource : | - |
| UTM : | - |
| Altitude : |
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| Latitude : |
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| Longitude : |
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| Country : | CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE |
| Phytoregion : |
VI (Forestier Central)
The phytoregions are the ones used by Paul Bamps in its book "Flore d'Afrique Centrale : Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi. Répertoire des lieux de récolte" published by The National Botanic Garden of Belgium in June 1982.
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Specimen information
| Description : | orchidée grimpante; 5 m de long; ramifiée; grandes fleurs 4 cm de diam.; sépales et deux pétales postérieurs jaune- orange; labelle mauve; colonne blanche; odeur poivrée |
| Uses : | - |
| Habitat : | forêt à Macrolobium dewevrei |
| Barcode : | BR0000008406415 |
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