Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Pelexia adnata Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata Schiedeella arizonica	Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi

Herbs, terrestrial, rarely subaquatic, sympodial. Roots fasciculate, thick, fleshy, villous. Leaves 1–several, basal; petiole not articulate, reddish purple, long. Inflorescences terminal, many-flowered racemes or spikes, erect, pedunculate, bracteate. Flowers resupinate, green; dorsal sepal connivent with petals forming hood over column; lateral sepals decurrent on column-foot; lip sagittate to auriculate, fleshy, basal margins adnate to sides of column; column cylindric, elongate, puberulent to pilose; column-foot elongate; anther abaxial, ovate-cordate; pollinia 2, oblong-clavate, mealy; stigmas 2, adjacent; rostellum elongate; viscidium ovate to suborbiculate; ovary sessile to subsessile. Fruits capsules, erect.

Distribution

Subtropical and tropical regions, North America, Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America

Discussion

Species 67 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Pelexia adnata