Derivation of specific name
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subumbellata: almost in an umbel; referring to the short, few-flowered inflorescence
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polystachya subumbellata P.J. Cribb & Podzorski Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118450
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Slender epiphyte with clustered stems long and slender, not swollen into pseudobulbs, growing in deep shaded montane evergreen forest. Leaf single, linear, 12-15 cm long. Inflorescence 3-5 flowered, appearing umbellate. Flowers white to pale creamy-pink or yellow.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polystachya subumbellata P.J. Cribb & Podzorski Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Local
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polystachya subumbellata P.J. Cribb & Podzorski Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Restricted to the border mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique, including Mt Gorongosa.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Polystachya subumbellata P.J. Cribb & Podzorski Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=118450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings