Schiedeella

Schlechter

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37: 379. 1920.

Etymology: For Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 1798–1836, a German naturalist and plant collector in Mexico
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 530. Mentioned on page 498.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA26 Plate 086.jpegPelexia adnata
Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata
Schiedeella arizonica
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi

Herbs, perennial, terrestrial. Roots tuberous, fleshy. Stems erect, with slender sheaths. Leaves senescing before or at anthesis, petiolate; blade broadly elliptic. Inflorescences spikes, few–many-flowered, in spiral or sloping downward from center in all directions. Flowers resupinate; sepals similar, connivent; dorsal sepal adnate to back of column, concave; lateral sepals adnate to column-foot; petals linear; lip with distinct claw, central cinnabar-red disc, and 3 green stripes near apex; column slender, widened toward apex, with decurrent foot at base; stigmas 2, confluent; rostellum linear-triangular, apex acuminate; anther ovate-cordate; pollinia clavate, viscidium oblong, short; ovary cyclindric. Fruits capsules.

Distribution

Montane tropical regions, Western Hemisphere

Discussion

Species 9 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Schiedeella"
self-pollination +
ovate-cordate +
acuminate +
Paul Martin Brown +
Schlechter +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
green stripes +  and cinnabar-red +
distinct +
slender +
Montane tropical regions +  and Western Hemisphere +
For Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede, 1798–1836, a German naturalist and plant collector in Mexico +
3-merous +, sessile +  and pedicellate +
decurrent +
lateral +  and terminal +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
larger +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
aerial +  and subterranean +
linear-triangular +
minute +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
concave +  and convex +
Schiedeella +
Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +