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Amerorchis
Ark. Bot., n. s. 7: 34. 1968.
Common names: Round-leaved orchis amérorchis Amérorchis à feuille ronde
Etymology: America plus orchis, from the American distribution of this close relative of Eurasian Orchis
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Amerorchis rotundifolia Platanthera orbiculata Platanthera obtusata | Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi |
Herbs, perennial, rather succulent. Roots scattered along rhizome, slender, fleshy. Stems scapose. Leaves solitary, basal, spreading, conduplicate; petioles inconspicuous, sheathing or clasping stem; blade orbiculate to broadly elliptic, ovate, obovate, or lance or oblance-elliptic. Inflorescences terminal, solitary spikes, lax; floral bracts foliaceous. Flowers few to several, resupinate, showy; lip spurred at base, deeply 3-lobed, middle lobe notched, margins entire to crenate or erose; pollinaria 2; pollinia 2; viscidia within single 2-lobed bursicle; stigma flat, narrowly reniform to obcordate, ends flanking bursicle. Fruits capsules.
Discussion
Species 1.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
... more about "Amerorchis"
separating +
self-pollination +
conduplicate +
spreading +
indehiscent +
oblance-elliptic +
single +
2-lobed +
North America +
absent +
America plus orchis, from the American distribution of this close relative of Eurasian Orchis +
foliaceous +
symmetric +
resupinate +
epigynous +
showy +
few;several +
bisexual +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
connate +
spurred +
modified +
differing in form and color +
notched +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
inconspicuous +
subdivided +
fertile +
reduced +
Ark. Bot., n. s. +
1968 +
creeping +
scattered +
fleshy +
numerous +
greener +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
scapose +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
absent +
adnate +
Amerorchis +
Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae +
genus +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
perennial +
subterranean +
succulent +