View source for Cranichis ← Cranichis 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=Cranichis |accepted_authority=Swartz |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Prodr., |place=8, 120. 1788 |year=1788 }} |common_names=Helmet orchid |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae;Cranichis |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 Cranichidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cranichis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek kranos, helmet, for helmetlike appearance of lip |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 498 |treatment_page=page 546 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> several, fasciculate, thick, villous. <b>Stems</b> simple, rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> 1–many, often forming basal rosette; blade petiolate, not articulate, thin. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, several- to many-flowered racemes, erect; scape with a few sheathing bracts. <b>Flowers</b> not resupinate; sepals and petals spreading, distinct, thin; lip concave, fleshy; column cylindric, short; anther erect, abaxial; pollinia 4, clavate, mealy, breaking apart in chunks, not powdery, attached to caudicle; stigma entire; rostellum apical, viscidium terminal; ovary pedicellate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |discussion=<p>Species 60 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Cranichis |author=James D. Ackerman |authority=Swartz |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. |reference=None |publication title=Prodr., |publication year=1788 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1114.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae |genus=Cranichis }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae]] 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 Cranichis.