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|accepted_name=Ionopsis
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=1: 279, plate 83. 1816
|year=1816
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae;Ionopsis
|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 Maxillarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ionopsis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek ion, violet, and opsis, having the appearance of
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 646
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic, cespitose [sometimes with elongate rhizome].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem size;bract architecture"><b>Stems </b>reduced, covered with leafy bracts;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="pseudobulb size;pseudobulb prominence">pseudobulbs reduced, inconspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf quantity;basal leaf orientation;sympodium presence"><b>Leaves </b>2–6 basal per sympodium, 0 apical, not recurved [1 apical, 2–4 terete, basal to pseudobulb];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade arrangement or vernation;margin shape;margin architecture or shape">blade conduplicate, linearlanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened margins, entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>panicles [racemes];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bract shape">bracts tubular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal shape;petal architecture or shape;sepal shape;sepal architecture or shape"><b>Flowers:</b> petals and sepals shortly oblongelliptic, apiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lateral sepal fusion">lateral sepals connate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lip shape">lip 2-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="callus shape">callus lobulate-lamellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="nectar cavity position">nectar cavity basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="column height or length or size">column short (3.5 mm), without appendages;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigmatic cavity shape">stigmatic cavity ± round;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="rostellum prominence">rostellum not prominent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;Western Hemisphere
|discussion=<p>Species 2 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Ionopsis
|author=Mark W. Chase
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical and subtropical regions;Western Hemisphere
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1816
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1329.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae
|genus=Ionopsis
|basal leaf orientation=not recurved
|blade arrangement or vernation=conduplicate
|bract architecture=leafy
|bract shape=tubular
|callus shape=lobulate-lamellate
|column height or length or size=short
|lateral sepal fusion=connate
|leaf quantity=2;6
|lip shape=2-lobed
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=flattened
|nectar cavity position=basal
|petal architecture or shape=apiculate
|petal shape=oblongelliptic
|pseudobulb prominence=inconspicuous
|pseudobulb size=reduced
|rostellum prominence=not prominent
|sepal architecture or shape=apiculate
|sepal shape=oblongelliptic
|stem size=reduced
|stigmatic cavity shape=round
|sympodium presence=absent
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism habitat=epiphytic
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