Calanthe candida Bosser

HOLOTYPE

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, ER - 2011

Project:Mellon

Credit:MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, BO - 2006

Project:Mellon

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Specimen

Herbier

MNHN-P-P00107343

Sector

AFM (Madagascar - Africa)

Collection

MAU 17081

Taxonomy

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Calanthe

Species

Calanthe candida

Name

Calanthe candida Bosser

Origin

Country label

Maurice

Country ISO (code)

Mauritius (mu)

Verbatim locality

Pieter Both range, S. flank of ridge between Grand Peak and Crève Coeur Peak: low native thicket near summit invaded by Ligustrum.

Phenology

Collector's name

D. Lorence

Collector's number

1260

Collection date

1975-5-15

Description

Flowers purs white; group orchid in light shade, forming small colonies locally

Determination

Bosser

1989