Habenaria gonatosiphon Summerhayes (1960: 134)

Bytebier, Benny, 2025, New and noteworthy records to the Angolan orchid flora revealed by the littleknown watercolours of Helen Faulkner (1888 - 1979), Phytotaxa 710 (1), pp. 79-90 : 87

Habenaria gonatosiphon Summerhayes (1960: 134)

( Fig. 5D )

Painting 21 in sketchbook 1 is Habenaria gonatosiphon . This taxon was described based on a specimen collected by Edgar Milne-Redhead and Peter Taylor (Milne-Redhead & Taylor 7982) from the Ulamboni Valley (Songea District, Ruvuma Region) in Tanzania. It also occurs in the DR Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, so it is not surprising that it was found in Angola, yet it has not been recorded from there.

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FIGURE 5. New Angola country records based on Faulkner’s drawings. A. Drawing 3 on the right, Eulophia subsaprophytica (with drawing 2 on the left Eulophia mumbwaensis). B. Drawing 6, Orthochilus thomsonii. C. Drawing 24, Habenaria calvilabris. D. Drawing 21, Habenaria gonatosiphon. Reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.