J. RENZ

Plants terrestrial with usually tuberous rhizome (corm) or pseudo-bulbous stem. Leaves coaetaneus or appearing after the flowers, plicate, long and narrow. Inflorescence lateral, simple or branched. Flowrs resupinate, variable in size and color. Sepals free, ± spreading. Labellum saccate or with a short spur, entire or 3-lobed, with crests on the upper surface. Column usually ± long, produced into a short foot or not, sometimes winged; anther terminal, incumbent, 2-celled; pollinia 2, ± cleft, waxy, attached to short, broad stipe with a discoid viscid gland; stigma entire. Ovary with a pedicel.

A large pantropical genus with c. 200 species, 3 occuring in Pakistan.

Lower Taxa

• Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Eulophia graminea Lindl. (ex Wall., Numer. List: 246, n. 7372. 1832, nom. nud.)
• Eulophia hormusjii Duthie

Related Synonym(s):

• Bletia dabia D. Don = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Eulophia campestris Wall. (Numer. List; 246, no. 7367. 1832, nom. nud.) ex Lindl. = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Eulophia ramentacea Lindl. (ex Wall. Numer. List.: no. 7370. 1832, nom. nud.) = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Eulophia rupestris Lindl. (ex Wall., Numer. List.: 246, no. 7368. 1832 nom. nud.) = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Limodorum dabia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Limodorum dubium Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Limodorum ramentaceum Roxb. = Eulophia dabia (D. Don) Hochreutiner
• Pogonia spec. (Sect. Nervilia Lindl.) = Eulophia hormusjii Duthie