Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Spiranthes diluvialis Stenorrhynchos michuacanum Cranichis muscosa	Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi Barbara Alongi

Herbs terrestrial, sympodial. Roots several, fasciculate, thick, villous. Stems simple, rhizomatous. Leaves 1–many, often forming basal rosette; blade petiolate, not articulate, thin. Inflorescences terminal, several to many-flowered racemes, erect; scape with a few sheathing bracts. Flowers not resupinate; sepals and petals spreading, distinct, thin; lip concave, fleshy; column cylindric, short; anther erect, abaxial; pollinia 4, clavate, mealy, breaking apart in chunks, not powdery, attached to caudicle; stigma entire; rostellum apical, viscidium terminal; ovary pedicellate. Fruits capsules, erect.

Distribution

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

Discussion

Species 60 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Cranichis muscosa

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