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|accepted_name=Harrisella
|accepted_authority=Fawcett & Rendle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Bot.
|place=47: 265. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Vandeae;Harrisella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Vandeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Harrisella]]</div></div>
|etymology=For William H. Harris, 1860–1920, F.L.S., British botanist and prolific collector of Jamaican plants
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 494, 622
|treatment_page=page 621
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>epiphytic, monopodial, miniature, glabrous. <b>Roots</b> velamentous, slender. <b>Stems</b> very short, inconspicuous. <b>Leaves</b> absent or scalelike. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, often sparsely branched. <b>Flowers</b> fewer than 12, not resupinate, minute, globose; sepals and petals similar, distinct and free; lip simple, with basal, saccate spur; column short; anthers terminal, incumbent, operculate; pollinaria 2, each with 1 hard, waxy pollinium attached to stipe; viscidia 2, elongate; ovary subsessile. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, dehiscent, 3 broad valves alternating with 3 linear ribs, all 6 segments separating from distal end and reflexing.</span><!--

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|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p><!--
--><p><i>Harrisella</i> merits careful systematic study. Although L. O. Williams (1965) asserted that the genus has no characteristics by which it can be distinguished from <i>Campylocentrum</i>, among the Caribbean species <i>Harrisella</i> is readily distinguished by several key characteristics: capsules that dehisce from the distal end and separate into 6 parts; relatively long-pedicellate ovaries; and slender, sometimes branched, laxly flowered inflorescences. In addition, <i>Harrisella</i> may be distinguished from <i>Campylocentrum</i> by having two pollinaria instead of one, each possessing only one pollinium. It seems likely that the genus may be more related to the Caribbean <i>Dendrophylax</i>.</p>
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name=Harrisella
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Fawcett & Rendle
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Bot.
|publication year=1909
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Vandeae
|genus=Harrisella
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