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Paracostus englerianus

Paracostus englerianus (K.Schum.) C.Specht

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Photo# 10681 Specimen# R0 Paracostus englerianus by Ray Lampert at Nat'l Botanic Garden of Belgium

Photo# 10682 Specimen# R0 Paracostus englerianus by Ray Lampert at Nat'l Botanic Garden of Belgium

Photo# 12877 Specimen# R0 Paracostus englerianus at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #93-0288

Photo# 12878 Specimen# R0 Paracostus englerianus at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #93-0288

Photo# 12879 Specimen# R0 Paracostus englerianus at Lyon Arboretum, Oahu, Hawaii #93-0288

Photo# 17491 Specimen# R3017 Paracostus englerianus From cultivated, SW Prov.

Photo# 17492 Specimen# R3017 Paracostus englerianus From cultivated, SW Prov.

Photo# 17493 Specimen# R3017 Paracostus englerianus From cultivated, SW Prov.

Photo# 17494 Specimen# R3017 Paracostus englerianus From cultivated, SW Prov.

Photo# 17495 Specimen# R3017 Paracostus englerianus From cultivated, SW Prov.

BOTANICAL NAME: Paracostus englerianus
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:Koechlin - Flore du Gabon, Flora du Cameroun, 1965
SECONDARY SOURCES:W3Tropicos
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:KOECHLIN KEY: Plants with creeping stems, one leaf, white flowers


W3Tropicos: Described as "procumbent" or "prostrate". Limited description data from W3Tropicos specimen collection.

Maas mentions this in Notes on Asiatic and Australian Costoidae. Described with one-leaved stems, terminal inflorescence, very pale green 25 mm corolla, white, yellowish tinged labellum 25 X15 mm.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Africa - Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra-Leone, Gabon, in forest understory
HEIGHT:0 to 1 meters

Botanical Description for this Species
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Descriptions used for plant identification key are shown in BOLD.

Plant Part	General	Color	Hairs	Texture	Shape	Length	Width
Rhizome	creeping			fleshy		0 to 0 cm	0 to 7 cm
Sheath	creeping, leafless sheath, rooting at nodes			succulent		0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 mm
Ligule	no distinct ligule					0 to 1 mm	0 to 0 mm
Petiole	no distinct petiole					0 to 0 mm	0 to 0 mm
Leaf	single leaf per stem at end of stem, 45 degree angle				broadly elliptical	0 to 15 cm	0 to 0 cm
...upper		green		succulent
...under
...base					attenuate to slightly engainante
...apex					obtusely acuminate	0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence	terminal					0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Bract		reddish		membranaceous		0.0 to 1.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Appendage						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Bracteole						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Flower	to 3 flowers forming at the leaf axil					0 to 0 cm	0 to 0 cm
Calyx	same length as bract				3 lobed	0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla	tube 1-1.5 cm				lanceolate, sharp	0.0 to 2.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Labellum		white w/yellow throat				0.0 to 5.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm
Stamen						0.0 to 0.0 cm	0.0 to 0.0 cm

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