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|accepted_name=Zeuxine
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Orchid. Scelet.,
|place=9. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae;Zeuxine
|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 Goodyerinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zeuxine]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek zeuxis, a yoking or joining, referring to partial union of lip and column, or possibly to fusion of pollinia
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 518
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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 texture;root pubescence"><b>Roots </b>fleshy, villous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem texture;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>succulent, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>cauline, sessile [petiolate], not articulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade arrangement or shape;blade arrangement or vernation;blade texture">blade convolute, conduplicate, often membranous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;spike density"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, dense spikes [racemes];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower arrangement">flowers spirally arranged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="floral bract length or size;floral bract texture;floral bract texture">floral bracts mostly longer than flowers, membranaceous, scarious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower quantity;flower orientation;flower coloration;flower size;lip coloration"><b>Flowers </b>few–many, resupinate, white with yellow lip, small, scarcely opening;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal size">sepals subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="dorsal sepal orientation;dorsal sepal arrangement">dorsal sepal erect, connivent with petals, forming hood over column;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="lip sepal fusion;lip sepal fusion">lateral sepals distinct and free, enclosing base of lip;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="lip shape;lip shape;margin architecture or shape;apex width;apex architecture or shape">lip pandurate, broadly rounded, margins entire, apex slightly broadened to winglike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="column height or length or size">column short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther position;anther architecture;anther texture">anther abaxial, 2-chambered, membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="pollinium quantity;pollinium shape;pollinium shape;pollinium architecture;caudicle presence;caudicle presence">pollinia 2, sometimes 2-lobed, pyriform, sectile, caudicles present or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma quantity;stigma shape">stigmas 2, on either side of column, convex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="rostellum size;rostellum shape">rostellum large, deeply divided.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruits capsule orientation;fruits capsule shape"><b>Fruits </b>capsules, erect, ovoid [subglobose].</span><!--

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|distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 30 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references=
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name=Zeuxine
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Lindley
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=tropical and subtropical regions;Africa;Asia;Australia;Pacific Islands;1 species has escaped in parts of the Neotropics
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Orchid. Scelet.,
|publication year=1826
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1055.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Goodyerinae
|genus=Zeuxine
|anther architecture=2-chambered
|anther position=abaxial
|anther texture=membranous
|apex architecture or shape=winglike
|apex width=broadened
|blade arrangement or shape=convolute
|blade arrangement or vernation=conduplicate
|blade texture=membranous
|caudicle presence=absent;absent
|column height or length or size=short
|dorsal sepal arrangement=connivent
|dorsal sepal orientation=erect
|floral bract length or size=mostly longer
|floral bract texture=scarious;membranaceous
|flower arrangement=arranged
|flower coloration=white
|flower orientation=resupinate
|flower quantity=few;many
|flower size=small
|fruits capsule orientation=erect
|fruits capsule shape=ovoid
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=not articulate;sessile
|leaf position=cauline
|lip coloration=yellow
|lip sepal fusion=free;distinct
|lip shape=rounded;pandurate
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|pollinium architecture=sectile
|pollinium quantity=2
|pollinium shape=pyriform;2-lobed
|root pubescence=villous
|root texture=fleshy
|rostellum shape=divided
|rostellum size=large
|sepal size=subequal
|spike density=dense
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stem texture=succulent
|stigma quantity=2
|stigma shape=convex
|whole_organism architecture=sympodial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
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