Genus: Liparis
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> Family: Orchidaceae
About 250 species (cosmopolitan), with nine species native to southern Africa. An additional
three species are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Liparis bowkeri
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Liparis capensis |
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Liparis chimanimaniensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Liparis hemipilioides
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Liparis latialata
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Liparis mulindana
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Liparis nervosa
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Liparis odontochilos |
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Liparis remota |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Liparis nugentiae
Native to Australia. |
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Liparis stricklandiana
[= Liparis griffithii]
Native to eastern Himalayas. |
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Liparis viridifolia
Native from India to South-East Asia. |
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