Pogonia

Jussieu

Gen. Pl., 65. 1789.

Common names: Beard-flower
Etymology: Greek pogonias, bearded, alluding to bearded lip
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 513. Mentioned on page 498, 511.
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FNA26 Plate 082.jpegIsotria verticillata
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Goodyera oblongifolia
Goodyera repens
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi
Barbara Alongi

Herbs, perennial, terrestrial, rather succulent. Roots few, scattered along slender rootstock producing shoots at wide intervals, slender, fibrous. Stems slender, solitary leaves inserted toward middle. Leaves ascending; blade fleshy-leathery. Inflorescences terminal, solitary flower or 2-flowered racemes; floral bracts foliaceous, prominent. Flowers resupinate, showy; lip bearing prominent adaxial fleshy crests divided into distinct cylindric processes, margins laciniate; pollinia 2, viscidia absent; stigma flat. Fruits capsules.

Distribution

Temperate regions, North America, e Asia

Discussion

Species 3 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Pogonia"
self-pollination +
Charles J. Sheviak +  and Paul M. Catling +
Jussieu +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
fleshy-leathery +
Beard-flower +
Temperate regions +, North America +  and e Asia +
Greek pogonias, bearded, alluding to bearded lip +
3-merous +, sessile +  and pedicellate +
lateral +  and terminal +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
divided +
larger +
laciniate +
differing in form and color +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
cylindric +
aerial +  and subterranean +
slender +
minute +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
pendent +  and erect +
proliferous +
slender +
concave +  and convex +
Pogonia +
Orchidaceae (tribe Vanilleae) subtribe Pogoniinae +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +
saprophytic +, photosynthetic +  and mycotrophic +