View source for Zeuxine ← Zeuxine 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=Zeuxine |accepted_authority=Lindley |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Orchid. Scelet., |place=9. 1826 |year=1826 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae;Zeuxine |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 Goodyerinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zeuxine]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek zeuxis, a yoking or joining, referring to partial union of lip and column, or possibly to fusion of pollinia |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 498 |treatment_page=page 518 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> fleshy, villous. <b>Stems</b> succulent, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, sessile [petiolate], not articulate; blade convolute, conduplicate, often membranous. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, dense spikes [racemes]; flowers spirally arranged; floral bracts mostly longer than flowers, membranaceous, scarious. <b>Flowers</b> few–many, resupinate, white with yellow lip, small, scarcely opening; sepals subequal; dorsal sepal erect, connivent with petals, forming hood over column; lateral sepals distinct and free, enclosing base of lip; lip pandurate, broadly rounded, margins entire, apex slightly broadened to winglike; column short; anther abaxial, 2-chambered, membranous; pollinia 2, sometimes 2-lobed, pyriform, sectile, caudicles present or absent; stigmas 2, on either side of column, convex; rostellum large, deeply divided. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect, ovoid [subglobose].</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 30 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Zeuxine |author=James D. Ackerman |authority=Lindley |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Orchid. Scelet., |publication year=1826 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1055.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae |genus=Zeuxine }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae]] 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 Zeuxine.