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Deiregyne
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37: 426. 1920.
Etymology: Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Cyclopogon cranichoides Beloglottis costaricensis Deiregyne confusa | Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi |
Herbs, perennial, terrestrial. Roots tuberous, fascicled, fleshy. Stems with foliaceous sheaths. Leaves usually absent at anthesis, basal or cauline, base cuneate. Inflorescences terminally flowered spikes. Flowers resupinate; perianth parts distinct and/or free; sepals similar, basally connivent, forming inflated nectary; lip free, oblong-ovate, arcuate, base conduplicate, apex acute; column partially adnate to dorsal sepal, not inflated adaxially at base; anther ovate-cucullate, margins entire; viscidium rounded; rostellum longer than wide; stigma 2-lobed at apex. Fruits capsules.
Distribution
Tropical regions, United States, Mexico, Central America (Guatemala)
Discussion
Species 14 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Deiregyne"
separating +
self-pollination +
ovate-cucullate +
acute +
conduplicate +
anthesis +
cuneate +
indehiscent +
adnate +
not inflated +
absent +
Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension +
symmetric +
resupinate +
epigynous +
bisexual +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
connate +
absent +
arcuate +
free +
modified +
differing in form and color +
inflated +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
subdivided +
fertile +
reduced +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
1920 +
creeping +
tuberous +
fascicled +
fleshy +
longer than wide +
numerous +
connivent +
greener +
foliaceous +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
flowered +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
2-lobed +
absent +
adnate +
Deiregyne +
Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae +
genus +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
rounded +
perennial +
terrestrial +
subterranean +