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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Eltroplectris
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Tellur.
|place=2: 51. 1837
|year=1837
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Centrogenium
|authority=Schlechter
|rank=genus
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stenorrhynchos sect. Eltroplectris
|authority=(Rafinesque) Burns-Balogh
|rank=section
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Eltroplectris
|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>
|etymology=Greek eleutheros, free, and plectron, spur, referring to free spur of sepal
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 496
|treatment_page=page 524
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fasciculate, fleshy, densely villous. <b>Stems</b> erect, rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> 1–2, basal; blade not articulate, long-petiolate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, few- to many-flowered racemes, erect; peduncle slender, bracteate. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate; sepals spreading, distinct; lateral sepals longer than dorsal, attached along column foot forming spur; petals appressed to dorsal sepal, basally decurrent on column; lip arcuately recurved, clawed, shorter than sepals, membranous; column erect, short, slender; column foot partially adnate to ovary, elongate; anther persistent; pollinia 2, clavate, mealy; stigmas distinct; rostellum subulate to linear, pointed, rigid; viscidium oblong. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, ellipsoid-cyclindric.</span><!--

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|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies.
|discussion=<p>Species 12 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Eltroplectris</i> has been treated as <i>Stenorrhynchos</i> Richard ex Sprengel sect. <i>Eltroplectris</i> (P. Burns-Balogh 1982); others have treated <i>Eltroplectris</i> as distinct (e.g., L. A. Garay 1980[1982]; D. L. Szlachetko 1995).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=balogh1982b
|text=Balogh, P. 1982. Generic redefinition in subtribe Spiranthinae (Orchidaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 69: 1119–1132.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=szlachetko1995b
|text=Szlachetko, D. L. 1995. Systema orchidalium. Fragm. Florist. Geobot., suppl. 3: 1–152.
}}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eltroplectris
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=Centrogenium;Stenorrhynchos sect. Eltroplectris
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies.
|reference=balogh1982b;szlachetko1995b
|publication title=Fl. Tellur.
|publication year=1837
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1067.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Eltroplectris
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