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|accepted_name=Pelexia
|accepted_authority=Poiteau ex Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Reg.
|place=12: plate 985. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Pelexia
|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 Spiranthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pelexia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pelex, helmet, in reference to dorsal sepal, which is united with petals to form narrow hood
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 526
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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, rarely subaquatic, sympodial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture or arrangement;root width;root texture;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>fasciculate, thick, fleshy, villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf quantity"><b>Leaves </b>1–several, basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="petiole architecture;petiole coloration;petiole length or size">petiole not articulate, reddish purple, long.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;raceme architecture;raceme orientation;raceme architecture;raceme architecture;spike architecture;spike orientation;spike architecture;spike architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, many-flowered racemes or spikes, erect, pedunculate, bracteate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower orientation;flower coloration"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, green;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="dorsal sepal arrangement">dorsal sepal connivent with petals forming hood over column;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="lateral sepal shape">lateral sepals decurrent on column-foot;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lip shape;lip texture;basal margin fusion">lip sagittate to auriculate, fleshy, basal margins adnate to sides of column;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="column shape;column shape;column pubescence">column cylindric, elongate, puberulent to pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="column-foot shape">column-foot elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="anther position;anther shape">anther abaxial, ovate-cordate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium shape;pollinium pubescence or texture">pollinia 2, oblong-clavate, mealy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma arrangement">stigmas 2, adjacent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="rostellum shape">rostellum elongate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="viscidium shape">viscidium ovate to suborbiculate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="ovary architecture">ovary sessile to subsessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" 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 67 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Pelexia
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Poiteau ex Lindley
|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=Bot. Reg.
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Pelexia
|anther position=abaxial
|anther shape=ovate-cordate
|basal margin fusion=adnate
|column pubescence=puberulent;pilose
|column shape=elongate;cylindric
|column-foot shape=elongate
|dorsal sepal arrangement=connivent
|flower coloration=green
|flower orientation=resupinate
|fruits capsule orientation=erect
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|lateral sepal shape=decurrent
|leaf quantity=1;several
|lip shape=sagittate;auriculate
|lip texture=fleshy
|ovary architecture=sessile;subsessile
|petiole architecture=not articulate
|petiole coloration=reddish purple
|petiole length or size=long
|pollinium pubescence or texture=mealy
|pollinium quantity=2
|pollinium shape=oblong-clavate
|raceme architecture=bracteate;pedunculate;many-flowered
|raceme orientation=erect
|root architecture or arrangement=fasciculate
|root pubescence=villous
|root texture=fleshy
|root width=thick
|rostellum shape=elongate
|spike architecture=bracteate;pedunculate;many-flowered
|spike orientation=erect
|stigma arrangement=adjacent
|stigma quantity=2
|viscidium shape=ovate;suborbiculate
|whole_organism architecture=sympodial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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