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Dichromanthus
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 313. 1982.
Etymology: Greek di, two, chroma, color, and anthos, flower, indicating 2-colored nature of flowers
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Herbs, perennial, terrestrial. Roots tuberous, fascicled, fleshy. Stems with foliaceous sheaths. Leaves present at anthesis, basal or cauline. Inflorescences terminal, spikes, glabrous proximally, glabrous or pubescent distally. Flowers resupinate; perianth parts distinct and/or free, strongly recurved, yellow-orange to scarlet; sepals similar, basally connivent, with flared apex; lip sessile, base conduplicate; column partially adnate to dorsal sepal, with decurrent foot, short, pubescent; anther ovate-cucullate, margins entire; viscidium oblong-linear; rostellum oblong; stigma 2-lobed at apex. Fruits capsules.
Distribution
Tropical regions, Western Hemisphere.
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
None.