View source for Mesadenus ← Mesadenus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Mesadenus |accepted_authority=Schlechter |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Beih. Bot. Centralbl. |place=37: 367. 1920 |year=1920 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Mesadenus |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>[[Mesadenus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek (Latinized) meso, middle, and aden, gland |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 498 |treatment_page=page 525 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fasciculate, fleshy, villous. <b>Stems</b> erect, rhizomatous, short. <b>Leaves</b> several, basal, petiolate; blade not articulate, involute when immature, margins entire. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, laxly to densely flowered racemes, erect, scapose, slender. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; perianth parts partially connate, apices spreading to recurved; sepals subsimilar, subparallel; dorsal sepal adherent to base of column; lateral sepals attached to column foot; petals adnate to dorsal sepal, falcate; lip auriculate, canaliculate; column arcuate, column foot present, clinandrium inflated; stigmas 2, confluent; rostellum narrow, notched; anther stalked, cordate, curved backward during anthesis, surpassing rostellum; pollinia 4, clavate, soft, mealy; viscidium ovate to subelliptic. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, obliquely fusiform to ovoid.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |discussion=<p>Species 7 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Mesadenus |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= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1071.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae |genus=Mesadenus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Mesadenus.