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Pogonia
Gen. Pl., 65. 1789.
Common names: Beard-flower
Etymology: Greek pogonias, bearded, alluding to bearded lip
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Isotria 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.
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prominent +
fleshy +
separating +
self-pollination +
indehiscent +
fleshy-leathery +
Beard-flower +
absent +
foliaceous +
prominent +
symmetric +
resupinate +
epigynous +
showy +
bisexual +
fleshy +
3-carpellate +
connate +
wide +
connate +
ascending +
laciniate +
modified +
differing in form and color +
compound +
inferior +
anatropous +
numerous +
minute +
small +
dense +
flowering +
modified +
petaloid +
subdivided +
fertile +
distinct +
cylindric +
reduced +
Gen. Pl., +
1789 +
2-flowered +
creeping +
scattered +
few +
fibrous +
numerous +
greener +
foliaceous +
longitudinal +
various +
opposite +
adnate +
1;2 +
modified +
delicate +
proliferous +
absent +
adnate +
Pogonia +
Orchidaceae (tribe Vanilleae) subtribe Pogoniinae +
genus +
stolonoid +
multilayered +
spongy +
absent +
perennial +
terrestrial +
subterranean +
succulent +