Habenaria calvilabris Summerhayes (1962: 303)

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 calvilabris Summerhayes (1962: 303)

( Fig. 5C )

Painting 24 in sketchbook 1 represents Habenaria calvilabris . This species was described based on a specimen collected by Mary Richards (Richards 12449) at Lake Chila in Mbala (Northern Province, Zambia). It has been recorded from countries surrounding Angola such as the DR. Congo, Burundi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but not yet from Angola.

Figures

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.