Habenaria subfiliformis Cogn.1906 publ. 1907 SECTION Nudae
Drawing by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the The genus Habenaria (Orchidaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon
Common Name The Slightly Filiform Habenaria
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Surinam, Venezuela, Roirama, Matto Grossa, Para', Goias, DF, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Parana' states of Brazil and Paraguay as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect, thin stem enveloped by short, linear, acute leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a terminal, erect, 2 to 4" [5 t o10 cm] long, several flowered inflorescence with clear green adpressed to the stem, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.
+"This species is similar and can be confused with H. leprieuri. In the Herbarium RENZ and U all the material of the species is misidentified as H. leprieuri. Distinctive features of H. subfiliformis are the slender and usually taller plants, the narrower lip midlobe .02" (0.5 mm) in H. subfiliformis vs..04" (1 mm) in H. leprieuri) and the shorter spur, .2 to .26" vs .32 to .48" [5 to 6.5 mm vs. 8 to 12 mm]. Flowers are completely green and the species is typical of seasonally humid places. Flowering time throughout most of the species distribution range occurs mainly at the end of the rainy season." Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti 3008
Kew has this species a a synonym of H culicina
Synonyms Habenaria mitomorpha Kraenzl. 1911; Habenaria rudolfi-schlechteri Hoehne 1937
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 272 Cogniaux 1906 publ. 1907
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H rudolph-schlechteri drawing ok;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 drawing ok;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H rudolfischlechteri;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 as H rudolfischlechteri drawing hmm;
Orquideas de Roirama Luz & Franco 2012 as H aff. mithomorpha photo good;
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 1 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2017 drawing fide
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