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|accepted_name=Tipularia
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|place=2: 195. 1818
|year=1818
}}
|common_names=Crane-fly orchid
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae;Tipularia
|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 Calypsoeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tipularia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin tippula, crane-fly, alluding to the resemblance of the flowers to crane-flies
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 494, 496
|treatment_page=page 624
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial. <b>Roots</b> 3–10, from bases of newer corms, spongy. <b>Stems</b> produced in summer, solitary, subapical, opposite leaf, arising from ovate, angular corms. <b>Leaves</b> produced in autumn, persisting over winter, withering in spring, solitary; blade broad, ovate, pleated. <b>Inflorescences</b> lax racemes. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, bilaterally asymmetric; lip with long, free basal spur; column slightly arcuate; anther terminal, deciduous but retained on pollinaria for short time; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs, yellow, attached to elastic caudicle 1 mm with basal viscidium; stigma entire; rostellum a 2-fid flap enclosing viscidium. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, pendent, ovoid. <b>Seeds</b> 0.5–0.6 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Temperate regions;1 in e North America;1 in the Himalayas;1 in Japan.
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=catling1990b
|text=Catling, P. M. and V. R. Catling. 1990. Anther cap retention in Tipularia discolor. Lindleyana 6: 113–116.
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|id=snow1989a
|text=Snow, A. A. and D. F. Whigham. 1989. Costs of flower and fruit production in Tipularia discolor (Orchidaceae). Ecology 70: 1286–1293.
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|id=stoutamire1978a
|text=Stoutamire, W. P. 1978. Pollination of Tipularia discolor, an orchid with modified symmetry. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 47: 413–415.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=whigham1980a
|text=Whigham, D. F. and M. McWethy. 1980. Studies on the pollination ecology of Tipularia discolor (Orchidaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 67: 550–555.
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name=Tipularia
|author=Paul M. Catling;Charles J. Sheviak
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Temperate regions;1 in e North America;1 in the Himalayas;1 in Japan.
|reference=catling1990b;snow1989a;stoutamire1978a;whigham1980a
|publication title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication year=1818
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Calypsoeae
|genus=Tipularia
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