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Ruiz & Pavon

Fl. Peruv. Prodr., 116, plate 25. 1794.

Etymology: Latin maxilla, jawbone apparently an allusion to the open-mouth appearance of the flower when viewed laterally
Synonyms: Camaridium Lindley Ornithidium Salisbury Pseudomaxillaria Hoehne Sepalosaccus Schlechter
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 644. Mentioned on page 495.
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Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 November 2020

Herbs, epiphytic, rarely terrestrial, cespitose to climbing. Stems reduced [elongate], usually terminated with pseudobulb. Leaves 1–many; blade conduplicate, linear, lanceolate, or elliptic, margins entire. Inflorescences solitary flowers borne laterally within bract or leaf axil of rhizome of mature, immature, or apparently abortive shoots; floral bracts triangular, usually acute. Flowers: sepals and petals nearly same; dorsal sepal erect, concave; lateral sepals adnate to column foot; lip 3-lobed or simple; column not winged, semiterete, with foot at base; pollinia 4, waxy; stigmatic cavity round; rostellum not prominent. Fruits capsules, ellipsoid to obovoid.

Distribution

Tropical regions, Western Hemisphere.

Discussion

Species ca. 650 (2 in the flora).

Key

1 Plants conspicuously rhizomatous; pseudobulbs conspicuous; sepals less than 1 cm. Maxillaria parviflora
1 Plants cespitose; pseudobulbs absent or hidden from view; sepals more than 1 cm. Maxillaria crassifolia
... more about "Maxillaria"
John T. Atwood +
Ruiz & Pavon +
Tropical regions +  and Western Hemisphere. +
Latin maxilla, jawbone +  and apparently an allusion to the open-mouth appearance of the flower when viewed laterally +
Fl. Peruv. Prodr., +
atwood1993a +, brieger1977a +  and hammer1981a +
Camaridium +, Ornithidium +, Pseudomaxillaria +  and Sepalosaccus +
Maxillaria +
Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Maxillariinae +