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Malaxis monophyllos
Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 234. 1800.
Basionym: Ophrys monophyllos Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 947. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 629.
Plants 3–25 (–30) cm. Pseudobulbs 5–10 mm diam. Leaves within proximal 1/3 of stem; blade narrowly to broadly elliptic. Inflorescences spicate racemes, 1–12 cm. Flowers 5–80, resupinate or not; sepals lanceolate to ovatelanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, margins revolute or not, apex acuminate; petals reflexed, filiform to linear or linearlanceolate, apex rounded; lip ovate to broadly triangular, concave, base truncate, with forward-directed lobes, apex unlobed, acuminate; column 0.4–0.8 × 0.4–0.8 mm; pollinia yellow. Capsules ascending, ellipsoid, 5 × 3 mm.
Distribution
n North America, Eurasia
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Flowers not resupinate. | Malaxis monophyllos var. monophyllos |
| 1 | Flowers resupinate. | Malaxis monophyllos var. brachypoda |
"usually much narrower" is not a number.
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separating +
self-pollination +
truncate +
indehiscent +
elliptic +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
ascending +
absent +
ellipsoid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
free +
anthesis +
absent +
inconspicuous +
symmetric +
epigynous +
5;80 +
bisexual +
previous +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
connate +
forward-directed +
modified +
differing in form and color +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
reflexed +
linearlanceolate;filiform;linear +
subdivided +
ceraceous +
yellow +
fertile +
reduced +
Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. +
1800 +
spicate +
corymbose +
creeping +
few +
fibrous +
numerous +
greener +
distinct +
spreading +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
absent +
glabrous +
proliferous +
absent +
adnate +
Malaxis monophyllos +
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stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
terrestrial +
subterranean +
glabrous +