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Lindley

Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 19: text for plate 1618. 1833.

Etymology: Greek tropideion, keel, referring to the boat-shaped floral lip of many species
Synonyms: Tomotris Rafinesque
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 595. Mentioned on page 496.
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Latest revision as of 21:12, 5 November 2020

Herbs, terrestrial, cespitose, erect. Roots branched. Rhizomes short, rigid. Stems erect, branched or simple, reedlike, slender, hard. Leaves few, cauline; sheaths not articulate; blade convolute, plicate, thin. Inflorescences terminal or occasionally from axils of distal leaves, few- to many-flowered panicles [racemes, rarely glomerate], pedunculate [sessile]. Flowers resupinate, small; sepals subequal; lateral sepals distinct [connate at base], forming small mentum; petals similar to sepals, slightly falcate, shorter than sepals; lip sessile, base saccate; column short, fleshy, with short foot; anther abaxial, erect, subequal to rostellum, more than 1/2 length of column; pollinia 2, sectile; stigma entire; viscidium terminal. Fruits capsules, oblong, cylindric.

Distribution

Tropical and subtropical regions, North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Asia, w Pacific.

Discussion

Species 20 (1 in the flora).

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James D. Ackerman +
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Tropical and subtropical regions +, North America +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +, Asia +  and w Pacific. +
Greek tropideion, keel, referring to the boat-shaped floral lip of many species +
Edwards’s Bot. Reg. +
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Tomotris +
Tropidia +
Orchidaceae tribe Tropidieae +