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Specimen #421025

Taxonomy

Family : Orchidaceae
Species : Disa stairsii
Subspecies : -
Variety : -
Forma : -
Current name : Disa stairsii Kraenzl. Help icon.
The botanical name under which the specimen is filed in the herbarium.
Accept name : -
Local name : -

Collecting data

Collection number : 938
Collector : Bytebier B.
Collection date : 06/07/1997
Collection comment : -
Locality : Beni, Swamp on Kalibina river, South of base camp.

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Locality

Place num : -
Locality : Beni, Swamp on Kalibina river, South of base camp.
Geosource :L
UTM : -
Altitude : 2660 M
Latitude : -0.13
Longitude : 29.42
Country : CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Phytoregion : IX (Lacs Edouard et Kivu) Help icon.
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 : Flowers deep pink to light purple. Relatively common in the swamp. Most plants were fruiting at this time of the year. Together with Satyrium crassicaule.
Uses : -
Habitat : Swamp of Kalibina river, South of base camp. At the edge of swamp with Kniphofia and Alchemilla as dominant species.
Barcode : BR0000009151864

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