SCHWARTZKOPFFIA Kraenzl.
Summerhayes, V.S. (1955) A revision of the genus Brachycorythis Kew Bulletin 10 221-264
Terrestrial herbs with ellipsoid or fusiform tubers. Stems leafy. Leaves often numerous and overlapping. Bracts leaf-like, longer than the flowers at least at base of inflorescence. Flowers usually mauve or purple, often with darker spots, less often cream-coloured or greenish-brown. Sepals free. Petals usually adnate at base to side of column. Basal part of lip boat-shaped, spurred or saccate; upper part flattened, usually projecting forwards. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and South Africa and Asia. DRC: 17 taxa. |
No image yet |
| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| angolensis (Schltr.) Schltr. | Description, Image | |
| buchananii (Schltr.) Rolfe | Description, Image | |
| congoensis Kraenzl. | Description, Image | |
| conica (Summerh.) Summerh. subsp. conica | ||
| friesii (Schltr.) Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. | Description, Image | |
| kalbreyeri Rchb.f. | ||
| lastii Rolfe | Description, Image | |
| ovata Lindl. [Agg] | ||
| pilosa Summerh. | ||
| pleistophylla Rchb.f. [Agg] | ||
| pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. leopoldi (Kraenzl.) Summerh. | ||
| pleistophylla Rchb. f. subsp. pleistophylla | Description, Image | |
| pubescens Harv. | Description, Image | |
| rhodostachys (Schltr.) Summerh. | Description, Image | |
| tenuior Rchb. f. | Description, Image | |
| velutina Schltr. | Description |