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|accepted_name=Platythelys
|accepted_authority=Garay
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bradea
|place=2: 196. 1977
|year=1977
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae;Platythelys
|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 Goodyerinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Platythelys]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek platy, broad, and thely(s) , woman, alluding to the broad, flat rostellum
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 497
|treatment_page=page 517
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root quantity;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>few, from nodes, villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem shape;terminal shoot orientation"><b>Stems </b>elongate, terminal shoots ascending.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, petiolate, not articulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;raceme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, racemes, pedunculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower orientation;flower orientation;flower orientation;flower size"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, erect to somewhat spreading, small;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal fusion;margin architecture or shape">sepals subsimilar, distinct and free, margins entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal arrangement">petals connivent with sepals;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lip shape;lip texture;base architecture or shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin shape;apex orientation;apex course or shape;apex pubescence or relief">lip 2-parted, fleshy, base spurred, ventricose, hemispheric, concave, margins notched, apex ± spreading to arcuate, rough;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="column architecture;column shape">column subsessile, cuneate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma arrangement;stigma orientation">stigmas 2, approximate, horizontal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="rostellum shape;rostellum shape;rostellum width;apex shape">rostellum flat, elliptic to suborbiculate, broad, apex notched to 2-denticulate, generally bursting;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="viscidium size">viscidium small;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther orientation">anther erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pollinium architecture;pollinium fixation;caudicle height or length or size">pollinia sectile, attached to short caudicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary short-pedicellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, ellipsoid to nearly cylindric.</span><!--

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|distribution=Subtropics and tropics;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 9 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Platythelys
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Garay
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Subtropics and tropics;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Bradea
|publication year=1977
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae
|genus=Platythelys
|anther orientation=erect
|apex course or shape=arcuate
|apex orientation=spreading
|apex pubescence or relief=rough
|apex shape=notched;2-denticulate
|base architecture or shape=spurred
|base shape=concave;hemispheric;ventricose
|caudicle height or length or size=short
|column architecture=subsessile
|column shape=cuneate
|flower orientation=spreading;erect to somewhat;resupinate
|flower size=small
|fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid;nearly cylindric
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=not articulate;petiolate
|leaf position=cauline
|lip shape=2-parted
|lip texture=fleshy
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=notched
|ovary architecture=short-pedicellate
|petal arrangement=connivent
|pollinium architecture=sectile
|pollinium fixation=attached
|raceme architecture=pedunculate
|root pubescence=villous
|root quantity=few
|rostellum shape=elliptic;suborbiculate
|rostellum width=broad
|sepal fusion=free;distinct
|stem shape=elongate
|stigma arrangement=approximate
|stigma orientation=horizontal
|stigma quantity=2
|terminal shoot orientation=ascending
|viscidium size=small
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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