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|accepted_name=Cranichis
|accepted_authority=Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.,
|place=8, 120. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Helmet orchid
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae;Cranichis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cranichis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kranos, helmet, for helmetlike appearance of lip
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 546
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs </b>terrestrial, sympodial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root quantity;root architecture or arrangement;root width;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>several, fasciculate, thick, villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>simple, rhizomatous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>1–many, often forming basal rosette;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade architecture;blade architecture;blade width">blade petiolate, not articulate, thin.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence quantity;inflorescence orientation;raceme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, several to many-flowered racemes, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract quantity;bract architecture or shape">scape with a few sheathing bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>not resupinate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="sepal orientation;sepal fusion;sepal width;petal orientation;petal fusion;petal width">sepals and petals spreading, distinct, thin;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lip shape;lip texture">lip concave, fleshy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="column shape;column height or length or size">column cylindric, short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther orientation;anther position">anther erect, abaxial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium shape;pollinium pubescence or texture;pollinium coating;pollinium fixation;chunk arrangement">pollinia 4, clavate, mealy, breaking apart in chunks, not powdery, attached to caudicle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="rostellum position;viscidium position or structure subtype">rostellum apical, viscidium terminal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary pedicellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruits capsule orientation"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, erect.</span><!--

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|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 60 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Cranichis
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Swartz
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae
|genus=Cranichis
|anther orientation=erect
|anther position=abaxial
|blade architecture=not articulate;petiolate
|blade width=thin
|bract architecture or shape=sheathing
|bract quantity=few
|chunk arrangement=apart
|column height or length or size=short
|column shape=cylindric
|flower orientation=not resupinate
|fruits capsule orientation=erect
|inflorescence orientation=erect
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence quantity=several
|leaf quantity=1;many
|lip shape=concave
|lip texture=fleshy
|ovary architecture=pedicellate
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal orientation=spreading
|petal width=thin
|pollinium coating=not powdery
|pollinium fixation=attached
|pollinium pubescence or texture=mealy
|pollinium quantity=4
|pollinium shape=clavate
|raceme architecture=many-flowered
|root architecture or arrangement=fasciculate
|root pubescence=villous
|root quantity=several
|root width=thick
|rostellum position=apical
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal orientation=spreading
|sepal width=thin
|stem architecture=rhizomatous;simple
|stigma architecture or shape=entire
|viscidium position or structure subtype=terminal
|whole_organism architecture=sympodial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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