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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Ponthieva
|accepted_authority=R. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|place=5: 199. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae;Ponthieva
|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>[[Ponthieva]]</div></div>
|etymology=For Henri de Ponthieu, a West Indian merchant who sent plant collections to Sir Joseph Banks in 1778
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 547
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, rarely epiphytic, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fasciculate, fleshy, villous. <b>Stems</b> simple, rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal, subsessile to petiolate; blade not articulate, thin, delicate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, few- to many-flowered racemes; peduncles bracteate, glandular-pubescent. <b>Flowers</b> not resupinate, erect or suberect, dishlike; perianth spreading; dorsal sepal lightly adherent to petals at apex; lateral sepals distinct or connate; petals free or adnate to basal flanks of column, obliquely triangular, clawed, conspicuous, often forming “pseudolip”; lip adnate to base of column, distinctly to obscurely clawed, deeply concave, fleshy; column semiterete, dilated and slightly winged distally, short, apex pointed; anther adaxial, erect behind rostellum; pollinia 4, bright yellow, clavate, joined in pairs, firm but somewhat mealy, attached to caudicles; stigma entire; viscidium terminal; pedicellate ovary pubescent. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, suberect, ellipsoid [obovoid].</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 25 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Perianth more than 5 mm; petals conspicuously striped green, 3.5–5 mm wide; lip distinctly clawed, suborbiculate; leaves present at anthesis; shady broadleaf forests.
|[[Ponthieva racemosa|Ponthieva racemosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Perianth less than 5 mm; petals not conspicuously striped green, 1.5 mm wide; lip indistinctly clawed, obovate; leaves withering or absent at anthesis; open pinelands.
|[[Ponthieva brittoniae|Ponthieva brittoniae]]
|}
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name=Ponthieva
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=R. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|publication year=1813
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae
|genus=Ponthieva
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