Species Habenaria ruwenzoriensis
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Habenaria ruwenzoriensis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Habenaria:
La. habena = a strap or thong, reins; -aria = possessing; alluding to the orchid’s long spur, ‘from the long, strap-like divisions of the petals and lip’ (Willdenow, 1805).
Etymology of ruwenzoriensis:
From the Ruwenzori mountains on the border of Uganda and the DRC. The highest peak is 5109m. The range supports its own species and varieties of giant groundsel and giant lobelia and even has a 6 metres (20 ft) tall heather covered in moss that lives on one of its peaks.
Scientific name:
Habenaria ruwenzoriensis Rendle
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
J. Bot. 33: 280 (1895)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1895
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Habenaria ruwenzoriensis.