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|accepted_name=Alophia
|accepted_authority=Herbert
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Mag.
|place=66: under plate 3779. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=Pinewoods-lily;purple pleat-leaf
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eustylis
|authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Alophia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alophia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek a, not, and lophos, crest, referring to the absence of style crests
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 349
|treatment_page=page 397
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;bulb architecture;bulb shape"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, from tunicate, ovoid bulbs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="tunic coloration;tunic condition or texture;tunic fragility;tunic texture">tunic brown, dry, brittle, papery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>simple or branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf quantity;basal leaf size"><b>Leaves </b>few, basal larger;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape or vernation">blade pleated, linearlanceolate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>rhipidiate, few-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spathe coloration;spathe size;spathe position;spathe height or length or size;apex shape">spathes green, unequal, outer shorter than inner, apex acute.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower duration;flower orientation;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>short-lived, ± nodding [sometimes drooping], actinomorphic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal orientation;tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal shape;tepal size;outer whorl size;claw surface architecture or shape;claw surface architecture or shape;nectary zone prominence;hair architecture">tepals spreading, distinct, blue to purple, clawed, unequal, outer whorl larger than [± equaling] inner, claw surface sometimes folded or pinched basally forming lobes that partly obscure nectary zone, often with band of nectar-bearing hairs;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="stamen fixation or orientation">stamens closely appressed to style;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="filament fusion;filament fragility">filaments distinct [occasionally connate], usually weak, unable to support anthers;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther fusion;anther shape">anthers fused lightly to style, fiddle-shaped;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pollen-sac position;connective prominence">pollen-sacs marginal, connective visible;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="style size;style width;style architecture">style slender proximally, gradually widening and branched distally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="branch shape;branch orientation;branch shape;branch structure in adjective form;arm quantity;arm orientation">branches fairly deeply divided into 2 recurved arms, arching over or between anthers, filiform, apically stigmatic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="capsule shape;capsule pubescence or texture;apex architecture or shape"><b>Capsules </b>ovoid to oblong, cartilaginous, apex truncate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>many, irregularly globose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">seed-coat brown.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="seed-coat coloration;x chromosome quantity">x = 7.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America (incl. Mexico);Central America;tropical South America
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 5 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Alophia
|author=Peter Goldblatt
|authority=Herbert
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Eustylis
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|distribution=North America (incl. Mexico);Central America;tropical South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Mag.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_815.xml
|genus=Alophia
|anther fusion=fused
|anther shape=fiddle--shaped
|apex architecture or shape=truncate
|apex shape=acute
|arm orientation=recurved
|arm quantity=2
|basal leaf size=larger
|blade shape or vernation=pleated
|branch orientation=arching
|branch shape=filiform;divided
|branch structure in adjective form=stigmatic
|bulb architecture=tunicate
|bulb shape=ovoid
|capsule pubescence or texture=cartilaginous
|capsule shape=ovoid;oblong
|claw surface architecture or shape=pinched basally forming lobes;folded
|connective prominence=visible
|filament fragility=weak
|filament fusion=distinct
|flower architecture=actinomorphic
|flower duration=short-lived
|flower orientation=nodding
|hair architecture=nectar-bearing
|inflorescence architecture=few-flowered;rhipidiate
|leaf quantity=few
|nectary zone prominence=obscure
|outer whorl size=larger
|pollen-sac position=marginal
|seed quantity=many
|seed shape=globose
|seed-coat coloration=brown
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe height or length or size=outer shorter
|spathe position=outer
|spathe size=unequal
|stamen fixation or orientation=appressed
|stem architecture=branched;simple
|style architecture=branched
|style size=slender
|style width=widening
|tepal coloration=blue;purple
|tepal fusion=distinct
|tepal orientation=spreading
|tepal shape=clawed
|tepal size=unequal
|tunic coloration=brown
|tunic condition or texture=dry
|tunic fragility=brittle
|tunic texture=papery
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=7
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