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Sacoila
Fl. Tellur. 4: 86. 1838.
Etymology: Latin saccus, sac, and labium, lip, referring to sac-shaped mentum
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Pelexia adnata Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata Schiedeella arizonica | Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi |
Herbs, terrestrial. Roots fascicled, fleshy. Stems with abbreviated rhizome. Leaves several, in basal rosette; blade oblong-lanceolate to oblongelliptic. Inflorescences densely flowered racemes. Flowers resupinate, with prominent, free-tipped mentum formed by backwardly extended column-foot, lip, and lateral sepals; anther abaxial; pollinarium with linear viscidium; pollinia 2 pairs, pale-yellow, soft, mealy; stigma nearly perpendicular to viscidium and rostellum; rostellum linear-needlelike, sharp-pointed, rigid. Fruits capsules, erect, ovoid.
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical regions, mostly South America
Discussion
Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
| 1 | Rachis pubescent with bubble-shaped, glandular-capitate, and transitional hairs. | Sacoila lanceolata |
| 1 | Rachis scurfy, with white dots. | Sacoila squamulosa |
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separating +
abaxial +
self-pollination +
indehiscent +
extended +
absent +
symmetric +
resupinate +
epigynous +
bisexual +
ovoid +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
connate +
extended +
modified +
differing in form and color +
free-tipped +
prominent +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
subdivided +
pale-yellow +
fertile +
reduced +
Fl. Tellur. +
1838 +
flowered +
creeping +
abbreviated +
fascicled +
fleshy +
rigid +
numerous +
greener +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
perpendicular +
absent +
adnate +
Sacoila +
Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae +
genus +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
terrestrial +
subterranean +