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|accepted_name=Beloglottis
|accepted_authority=Schlechter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Beih. Bot. Centralbl.
|place=37: 364. 1920
|year=1920
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Beloglottis
|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>[[Beloglottis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek (Latinized) belos, arrow, and glotta, tongue, possibly alluding to sagittate lip
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 499
|treatment_page=page 522
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fasciculate, fleshy, villous. <b>Stems</b> solitary, erect, rhizomatous, short. <b>Leaves</b> several, basal, petiolate; blade not articulate, involute when immature, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, racemes, erect, scapose, laxly to densely flowered, slender. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; perianth tubular; sepals subparallel, distinct or connate at base, apex spreading; lateral sepals with oblique, subdecurrent base; petals parallel and adnate to dorsal sepal; lip clawed, blade white with central green stripe, canaliculate, sagittate, 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, midlobe elongate-rounded, margins finely denticulate, lateral margins adnate to sides of column; column short, clinandrium inflated; stigmas 2, adjacent; rostellum erect, 2-lobed, 2-cleft, or 2-dentate, short; anther ovate, concave, base slightly cordate, apex acute; pollinia 4, clavate, soft, mealy; viscidium narrowly elliptic. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, ellipsoid.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 10 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Beloglottis
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Schlechter
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Beih. Bot. Centralbl.
|publication year=1920
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Beloglottis
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