View source for Eltroplectris calcarata

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Eltroplectris calcarata
|accepted_authority=(Swartz) Garay & H. R. Sweet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|place=53: 390. 1972
|year=1972
}}
|common_names=Longclaw orchid;spurred neottia
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Neottia calcarata
|authority=Swartz
|rank=species
|publication_title=Fl. Ind. Occid.
|publication_place=3: 1413, plate 28. 1806
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Centrogenium setaceum
|authority=(Lindley) Schlechter
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pelexia calcarata
|authority=(Swartz) Cogniaux
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pelexia setacea
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Pelexia setacea var. glabra
|authority=Cogniaux
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Spiranthes calcarata
|authority=(Swartz) Richard
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stenorrhynchus calcaratus
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Eltroplectris;Eltroplectris calcarata
|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>[[Eltroplectris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eltroplectris calcarata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 525
|treatment_page=page 524
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>to 70 cm. <b>Roots</b> numerous, 18 cm × 2–6 mm. <b>Stems</b> subterranean, obscured by roots. <b>Leaves</b> glabrous; petiole erect, reddish, slender, 9–20 cm, usually longer than blade; blade green, lanceolate to broadly elliptic, 9–15 × 3.5–7 cm, base cuneate, margins entire to crenulate, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncle reddish, satinlike, glabrous proximally, pubescent distally, with a few distant, sheathing bracts, 28–65 cm; racemes 3–11-flowered. <b>Flowers</b> spindly; sepals green, narrowly lanceolate, 21–30 × 6–7 mm, apex acuminate; dorsal sepal projecting over column; lateral sepals spreading; petals green, linear, 19–21 × 3 mm, apex acuminate; lip recurved, attached to column foot, white, ovate, lamina notched distal to middle, margins fringed, 2 cm, apex acuminate; spur adnate to ovary for 8–9 mm, cylindric, 15–17 mm, free portion curved, 7–9 mm; column semiterete, 8–10 mm, apex pointed; pedicellate ovary 1.5–2.3 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. <b>Capsules</b> 18–25 mm; spur persistent.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar.
|habitat=In humus of moist hardwood hammocks
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;n South America.
|tables=
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name=Eltroplectris calcarata
|authority=(Swartz) Garay & H. R. Sweet
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Centrogenium setaceum;Pelexia calcarata;Pelexia setacea;Pelexia setacea var. glabra;Spiranthes calcarata;Stenorrhynchus calcaratus
|basionyms=Neottia calcarata
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar.
|habitat=In humus of moist hardwood hammocks
|elevation=0–30 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies;n South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=J. Arnold Arbor.
|publication year=1972
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Eltroplectris
|species=Eltroplectris calcarata
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