Vanilla kempteriana
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Vanilla kempteriana is a species of vanilla ( Vanilla ) in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). It grows as a climbing plant in New Guinea .
description
Vanilla kempteriana is an evergreen climber, the branched shoot has a diameter of 1 centimeter and internodes 6 to 7 centimeters long. The leaves are oval and pointed at the front. The wide petiole measures about 1 centimeter in length, the leaf is 25 to 30 centimeters long and 9 to 11 centimeters wide.
The racemose inflorescence is multi-flowered, the inflorescence axis is 6 to 10 centimeters long. The bracts are hemispherical and very small. The ovary is about 2.5 inches long. The flowers are greenish yellow, the lip is white with red markings. The petals are oblong-oval and 3 inches long by 1.2 inches wide. The sepals end bluntly, the petals have a small tip and a thickened central rib. The lip is not lobed, its front edge is wavy. A tuft of hair sits in the middle of the lip. The column is semicircular in cross-section, it is 2 centimeters long, provided with two narrow wings at the front.
distribution
Vanilla kempteriana is endemic to New Guinea , between Lae and Madang . She found worse in forests at 600 meters in the Finisterre Mountains .
Systematics and botanical history
Schlechter described this orchid in 1911 after it was found in 1908. He named it after his travel companion Adolf Kempter.
Within the genus Vanilla , Vanilla kempteriana is classified in the subgenus Xanata and there in the section Thetya , which contains all species of the paleotropic species . Vanilla kempteriana is similar to Vanilla wariensis , which is also native to New Guinea , but has smaller leaves with a longer petiole and a three-lobed lip. Vanilla kaniensis is also similar .
literature
- Le Vanillier et la Vanille dans le Monde . In: Gilbert Bouriquet (ed.): Encyclopédie Biologique . tape XLVI . Paul Lechevalier, Paris 1954.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Roland Portères: Le Genre Vanilla et ses Espèces. In: Le Vanillier et la Vanille dans le Monde. Pp. 217-218.
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Vanilla kempteriana. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Miguel A. Soto Arenas, Phillip Cribb: A new infrageeric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae) . In: Lankesteriana . tape 9 , no. 3 , 2010, p. 382 ( ucr.ac.cr [PDF; 692 kB ]).
- ^ A b Rudolf Schlechter: The Orchidaceae of German New Guinea. In: Fedde (Ed.): Repertorium specierum novarum regni vegetabilis. Leipzig 1911, Beihefte, Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 32. ( pds.lib.harvard.edu ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check Original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this note. ).
