Taxon

Habenaria schimperiana

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Common name: paleface ghost orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (Orchid)
Distribution: Southern & Central Africa: Gauteng north to Zambia & Tanzania, DRC & Ethiopia
Habitat: Wet grasslands and marshes
National red list: Least Concern
Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)
Comments: Although several other persons named Schimper are known in botanical history most species and genera are likely named after Georg Heinrich Wilhelm Schimper (1804-1878) who collected mainly in Ethiopia at the far northern end of the range of this widespread African species.
Links: Flora of Zimbabwe • iNaturalist.org • Red List of South African Plants

Locations

  • 1: Off site (OFF SITE) • Accession: 2022-106 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
  • 2: off site • Accession: 2022-106 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
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