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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Sacoila
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Tellur.
|place=4: 86. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Sacoila
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sacoila]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin saccus, sac, and labium, lip, referring to sac-shaped mentum
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 494, 498, 529
|treatment_page=page 528
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial. <b>Roots</b> fascicled, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> with abbreviated rhizome. <b>Leaves</b> several, in basal rosette; blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic. <b>Inflorescences</b> densely flowered racemes. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, with prominent, free-tipped mentum formed by backwardly extended column foot, lip, and lateral sepals; anther abaxial; pollinarium with linear viscidium; pollinia 2 pairs, pale yellow, soft, mealy; stigma nearly perpendicular to viscidium and rostellum; rostellum linear-needlelike, sharp-pointed, rigid. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, ovoid.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;mostly South America.
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Rachis pubescent with bubble-shaped, glandular-capitate, and transitional hairs.
|[[Sacoila lanceolata|Sacoila lanceolata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Rachis scurfy, with white dots.
|[[Sacoila squamulosa|Sacoila squamulosa]]
|}
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name=Sacoila
|author=Paul Martin Brown;Paul M. Catling
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;mostly South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Tellur.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1075.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Sacoila
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