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|accepted_name=Spiranthes torta
|accepted_authority=(Thunberg) Garay & H. R. Sweet
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill.
|place=1: 77. 1974
|year=1974
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ophrys torta
|authority=Thunberg
|rank=species
|publication_title=Mus. Nat. Acad. Upsal.
|publication_place=9: 136. 1791
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ibidium tortile
|authority=(Swartz) House
|rank=species
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|name=Spiranthes tortilis
|authority=(Swartz) Richard
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Spiranthes;Spiranthes torta
|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 Spiranthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spiranthes]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Spiranthes torta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 532, 533
|treatment_page=page 537
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>7–50 cm. <b>Roots</b> few, spreading to descending, slender to somewhat tuberous, mostly to 1 cm diam. <b>Leaves</b> fugacious, 2 or 3, basal, reduced to bracts on stem, ascending, narrowly oblanceolate, 5–20 × 0.5 cm. <b>Spikes</b> secund to loosely spiraled, 8–10 flowers per cycle of spiral; rachis sparsely pubescent, some trichomes capitate, glands obviously stalked. <b>Flowers</b> nodding, white; sepals elliptic, 5 × 1 mm; lateral sepals distinct to base, curving slightly downward, oblique; petals green at base, oblique, elliptic, 5 × 1.5 mm; lip green with white apex, ovate, 4 × 2 mm; veins parallel; basal calli very short, stout, to 0.3 mm; viscidium linear-lanceolate; ovary mostly 3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> monoembryonic.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Dry pinelands
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas);Bermuda;Central America.
|discussion=<p><i>Spiranthes torta</i> is restricted to the rocky pinelands in southern Florida and is easily recognized by its nodding flowers and downward-pointing lateral sepals. It could only be confused with <i>S. tuberosa</i>, typically a much shorter plant with pure white flowers.</p><!--
--><p><i>Spiranthes</i> amesiana Schlechter is often included as a synonym of <i>S. torta</i>; recent studies indicate that it may be a distinct species. It is said to differ from <i>S. torta</i> in its denser inflorescence, spade-shaped lip with a crenulate-ciliate margin, and densely pubescent basal calli. Within the area covered by the flora, it is restricted to extreme southern Florida; it also has been collected in the Bahamas and Nicaragua.</p>
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name=Spiranthes torta
|authority=(Thunberg) Garay & H. R. Sweet
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ibidium tortile;Spiranthes tortilis
|basionyms=Ophrys torta
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Dry pinelands
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas);Bermuda;Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in R. A. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill.
|publication year=1974
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Spiranthes
|species=Spiranthes torta
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