Hexalectris revoluta

Correll

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 10: 19, fig. 2. 1941.

Common names: Curly coral-root Correll’s cock’s-comb
IllustratedConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 606. Mentioned on page 603, 604, 605, 607.

Stems tan, pale-pink, to pale brown-purple, 30–50 cm; sheathing bracts 3–5. Inflorescences: floral bracts lanceolate to ovate, 5–15 × 3–4 mm. Flowers 5–15 (–20), pedicellate, chasmogamous; sepals and petals strongly recurved, tan to pinkish brown; dorsal sepal oblongelliptic to lanceolate, 15–25 × 3–8 mm; lateral sepals obliquely elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 15–22 × 3–8 mm; petals narrowly elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, slightly falcate, 15–19 × 4.5–7.5 mm; lip broadly elliptic, deeply 3-lobed, 13–18 × 9–13 mm, fissure between lobes more than 3 mm deep, middle lobe white with purple, pale-yellow near base, obovate-cuneate, apex truncate to retuse, lateral lobes incurved, oblong, obtuse, 1/2–2/3 length of middle lobe; lamellae 3, 5, or 7, white to yellow, obscure; column purple abaxially, white-purple adaxially, 9–15 mm; anther yellow. Capsules 20 × 5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Oak-juniper-pinyon pine woodlands in leaf litter and humus, occasionally in rocky, open terrain
Elevation: 1000–1600 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

In Arizona Hexalectris revoluta grows in Cochise and Pima counties; in Texas, in the Guadalupe and Chisos mountains.

Hexalectris revoluta has a less densely flowered raceme than H. nitida, and more revolute sepals and petals, and more deeply lobed labellum than H. spicata, both species with which it is occasionally confused. The plants are occasionally associated with Acacia, Juglans, and Prosopis in Arizona (R. A. Coleman).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"/2lengthofmiddlelobe" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. "/3lengthofmiddlelobe" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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self-pollination +
truncate +  and retuse +
Douglas H. Goldman +, Ronald A. Coleman +, Lawrence K. Magrath +  and Paul M. Catling +
Correll +
free +  and distinct +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
reduced +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (?) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
white-purple +
9mm +  and 15mm +
Curly coral-root +  and Correll’s cock’s-comb +
Ariz. +, Tex. +  and ne Mexico +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1000–1600 m +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
maroon +, purple +, magenta +, brown +  and tan +
Oak-juniper-pinyon pine woodlands in leaf litter and humus, occasionally in rocky, open terrain +
lateral +  and terminal +
white +  and yellow +
obtuse +  and oblong +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
obliquely elliptic +  and elliptic-lanceolate +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
3-lobed +
larger +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
differing in form and color +
pale-yellow +  and white with purple +
obovate-cuneate +
2 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
tan +  and pinkish brown +
15mm;19mm +
falcate;narrowly elliptic;obovate or oblanceolate +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
Flowering May–Aug. +
aboveground +
aboveground +
Bot. Mus. Leafl. +
articulate +  and branching +
aerial +  and subterranean +
minute +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
tan +  and pinkish brown +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
Illustrated +  and Conservation concern +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pale-pink +  and pale brown-purple +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
subterminal +
concave +  and convex +
Hexalectris revoluta +
Hexalectris +
species +
rootless +  and leafless +
herb +, colonial +  and solitary +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +