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|accepted_name=Cyrtopodium
|accepted_authority=R. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|place=5: 216. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae;Cyrtopodium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cyrtopodium]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kyrtos, curved swelling, and podium, foot, probably alluding to conspicuous column foot
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 495
|treatment_page=page 642
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism habitat;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial or epiphytic, cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stems pseudobulb shape"><b>Stems </b>pseudobulbs, ovate-fusiform.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>deciduous, distichous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade architecture;blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation;blade texture;apex shape">blade articulate, plicate, leathery, apex acuminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="raceme orientation"><b>Inflorescences </b>from base of pseudobulbs, racemes to panicles, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="floral bract size;floral bract prominence;margin shape">floral bracts large, showy, margins undulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower orientation;flower prominence"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, showy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal texture;petal texture;margin shape">sepals and petals membranaceous, margins often conspicuously undulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lip fusion;lip architecture;lip shape;lip shape;callus relief;callus shape;callus relief">lip adnate to apex of column-foot, subsessile to conspicuously clawed, conspicuously 3-lobed, disc with tuberculate, cristate, or verrucose callus;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="column course or shape;column shape;column shape;foot prominence">column slightly arcuate, sometimes nearly club-shaped, semiterete, forming conspicuous foot;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="anther position or structure subtype;anther arrangement or orientation;anther architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form">anther terminal, incumbent, operculate, imperfectly 2-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium coloration;pollinium shape;pollinium architecture;pollinium pubescence or texture;pollinium fixation;pollinium height or length or size;viscidium shape">pollinia 2, yellow, nearly triangular, sulcate, cartilaginous, attached to short, trowel-shaped viscidium.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="fruits capsule orientation;fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, pendent, pear-shaped.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;West Indies;Central America;South America
|discussion=<p>Species 15–30 (2 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Lip middle lobe margin not conspicuously verruculose-tuberculate; lateral lobes bright yellow, shorter than middle lobe; plants terrestrial.
|[[Cyrtopodium polyphyllum|Cyrtopodium polyphyllum]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Lip middle lobe margin conspicuously verruculose-tuberculate, lateral lobes spotted or solid dark orange or maroon, longer than middle lobe; epiphytic.
|[[Cyrtopodium punctatum|Cyrtopodium punctatum]]
|}
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name=Cyrtopodium
|author=Gustavo A. Romero-González
|authority=R. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;North America;West Indies;Central America;South America
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew.
|publication year=1813
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1319.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Cyrtopodiinae
|genus=Cyrtopodium
|anther architecture=operculate
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|anther arrangement or orientation=incumbent
|anther position or structure subtype=terminal
|apex shape=acuminate
|blade architecture=articulate
|blade architecture or arrangement or shape or vernation=plicate
|blade texture=leathery
|callus relief=verrucose;tuberculate
|callus shape=cristate
|column course or shape=arcuate
|column shape=semiterete;club--shaped
|floral bract prominence=showy
|floral bract size=large
|flower orientation=resupinate
|flower prominence=showy
|foot prominence=conspicuous
|fruits capsule orientation=pendent
|fruits capsule shape=pear--shaped
|leaf arrangement=distichous
|leaf duration=deciduous
|lip architecture=subsessile
|lip fusion=adnate
|lip shape=3-lobed;clawed
|margin shape=undulate;undulate
|petal texture=membranaceous
|pollinium architecture=sulcate
|pollinium coloration=yellow
|pollinium fixation=attached
|pollinium height or length or size=short
|pollinium pubescence or texture=cartilaginous
|pollinium quantity=2
|pollinium shape=triangular
|raceme orientation=erect
|sepal texture=membranaceous
|stems pseudobulb shape=ovate-fusiform
|viscidium shape=trowel--shaped
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism habitat=epiphytic;terrestrial
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