FZ.53. Eulophia Lindl.

LISSOCHILUS R. Br.

Description of the genus

Terrestrial (rarely lithophytic) herbs, with underground rhizomes, pseudobulbs or tubers. Leaves usually present and green but in some species reduced or scale-like and brown; green leaves sheathing at base, sometimes with prominent longitudinal veins. Inflorescence arising from the base, usually racemose, rarely branched. Sepals and petals similar or with the petals much broader, free to the base or with lateral sepals fused at the base to the column-foot. Lip 3-lobed, spurred at base, usually with a callus of ridges or papillae on upper surface. Pollinia 2.

Worldwide: c.200 species, tropical

DRC: 64 taxa.

Eulophia alta

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
acutilabra Summerh.Description, Image
alta (L.) Fawc. & RendleDescription, Image
angolensis (Rchb. f.) Summerh.Description, Image
arenicola Schltr. Description, Image
aurantiaca Rolfe
bouliawongo (Rchb.f.) J.Raynal
calantha Schltr. Description, Image
callichroma Rchb. f.Description, Image
caricifolia (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Description, Image
chilangensis Summerh.
clitellifera (Rchb. f.) BolusDescription, Image
coeloglossa Schltr.Description, Image
coutreziana Geerinck
cristata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Steud.
cucullata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Steud.Description, Image
euglossa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. ex Bateman
eylesii Summerh.Description, Image
eylesii Summerh. var. auquieriana Geerinck
fernandeziana Geerinck
flavopurpurea (Rchb. f.) RolfeDescription, Image
fridericii (Rchb. f.) A.V. HallDescription, Image
galeoloides Kraenzl.Description, Image
gonychila Schltr.Description, Image
gracilis Lindl.
guineensis Lindl.Description, Image
hians Spreng. var. nutans (Schltr.) S.A. ThomasDescription, Image
hirschbergii Summerh.
horsfallii (Bateman) Summerh. Description, Image
katangensis (De Wild.) De Wild.Description, Image
kyimbilae Schltr.Description, Image
latilabris Summerh.Description, Image
lejolyana Geerinck
letouzeyana Geerinck
livingstoneana (Rchb. f.) Summerh.Description, Image
longisepala RendleDescription, Image
lubbersiana De Wild. & Laurent
maculata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
malangana (Rchb.f.) Summerh. Description, Image
monotropis Schltr.
mumbwaensis Summerh.Description, Image
norlindhii Summerh.Description, Image
nyasae RendleDescription, Image
obscura P.J. Cribb
orthoplectra (Rchb. f.) Summerh.Description, Image
parvula (Rendle) Summerh.Description
penduliflora Kraenzl.Description, Image
petersii (Rchb. f. ) Rchb. f.Description, Image
rhodesiaca Schltr.
rolfeana Kraenzl.Description, Image
saundersiana Rchb.f.
schaijesii Geerinck
schweinfurthii Kraenzl.Description, Image
seleensis (De Wild.) ButzinDescription, Image
speciosa (R. Br. ex Lindl.) BolusDescription, Image
stachyodes Rchb. f.Description, Image
streptopetala Lindl.Description, Image
subsaprophytica Schltr.Description, Image
suzannae Geerinck
sylviae Geerinck
tanganyikensis RolfeDescription, Image
tricristata Schltr. Description, Image
tuberculata BolusDescription, Image
ugandae Rolfe
venulosa Rchb. f.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Eulophia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Eulophia
Flora of Burundi: Eulophia
Flora of Caprivi: Eulophia
Flora of Malawi: Eulophia
Flora of Mozambique: Eulophia
Flora of Rwanda: Eulophia
Flora of Zambia: Eulophia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Eulophia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Eulophia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Eulophia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Eulophia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Eulophia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Eulophia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Eulophia
JSTOR Plant Science: Eulophia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Eulophia
Plants of the World Online: Eulophia
Tropicos: Eulophia
Wikipedia: Eulophia

Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Genus page: Eulophia.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=453, retrieved 13 May 2026

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