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|accepted_name=Zeuxine
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Orchid. Scelet.,
|place=9. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae;Zeuxine
|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 Goodyerinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zeuxine]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek zeuxis, a yoking or joining, referring to partial union of lip and column, or possibly to fusion of pollinia
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 518
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fleshy, villous. <b>Stems</b> succulent, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, sessile [petiolate], not articulate; blade convolute, conduplicate, often membranous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, dense spikes [racemes]; flowers spirally arranged; floral bracts mostly longer than flowers, membranaceous, scarious. <b>Flowers</b> few–many, resupinate, white with yellow lip, small, scarcely opening; sepals subequal; dorsal sepal erect, connivent with petals, forming hood over column; lateral sepals distinct and free, enclosing base of lip; lip pandurate, broadly rounded, margins entire, apex slightly broadened to winglike; column short; anther abaxial, 2-chambered, membranous; pollinia 2, sometimes 2-lobed, pyriform, sectile, caudicles present or absent; stigmas 2, on either side of column, convex; rostellum large, deeply divided. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, ovoid [subglobose].</span><!--

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|distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics.
|discussion=<p>Species 30 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Zeuxine
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Orchid. Scelet.,
|publication year=1826
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1055.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae
|genus=Zeuxine
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