View source for Brassia ← Brassia You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Brassia |accepted_authority=R. Brown |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. |place=5: 215. 1813 |year=1813 }} |common_names=Spider orchid |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae;Brassia |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Brassia]]</div></div> |etymology=for William Brass, an eighteenth-century British botanical illustrator and collector |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 496 |treatment_page=page 645 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism habitat;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> epiphytic, ± cespitose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem size;stem shape;bract architecture or shape;pseudobulb prominence;pseudobulb architecture"><b>Stems </b>either reduced and covered with sheathing bracts or elongate with prominent, single-noded pseudobulb.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf atypical quantity;leaf quantity;bract quantity;bract height or length or size;bract architecture;subtending pseudobulb architecture"><b>Leaves </b>1 (–2) per sympodium, from apex of pseudobulb, often with 1–3 short foliaceous bracts subtending single-noded pseudobulb;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade arrangement or vernation;blade shape;blade shape;margin architecture or shape">blade conduplicate, oblong-lanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened, margins entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position"><b>Inflorescences </b>lateral, racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract shape">bracts narrowly triangular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal fusion;sepal length or size;sepal shape;petal fusion;petal fusion;petal length or size;petal shape"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals and petals distinct and free, long, attenuate-caudate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="lip shape">lip unlobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="callus prominence;callus shape">callus prominent, 2-lamellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="column architecture">column without appendages, footless;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigmatic cavity shape">stigmatic cavity ± round;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="rostellum prominence">rostellum not prominent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Subtropics and tropics;Western Hemisphere |discussion=<p>Species 35 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Brassia |author=Mark W. Chase |authority=R. Brown |rank=genus |parent rank=subtribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Orchidaceae |distribution=Subtropics and tropics;Western Hemisphere |reference=None |publication title=in W. Aiton and W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew. |publication year=1813 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_1327.xml |subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae |tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Maxillarieae |subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae |genus=Brassia |blade arrangement or vernation=conduplicate |blade shape=flattened;oblong-lanceolate |bract architecture=foliaceous |bract architecture or shape=sheathing |bract height or length or size=short |bract quantity=1;3 |bract shape=triangular |callus prominence=prominent |callus shape=2-lamellate |column architecture=footless |inflorescence position=lateral |leaf atypical quantity=1;2 |leaf quantity=1 |lip shape=unlobed |margin architecture or shape=entire |petal fusion=free;distinct |petal length or size=long |petal shape=attenuate-caudate |pseudobulb architecture=single-noded |pseudobulb prominence=prominent |rostellum prominence=not prominent |sepal fusion=free;distinct |sepal length or size=long |sepal shape=attenuate-caudate |stem shape=elongate |stem size=reduced |stigmatic cavity shape=round |subtending pseudobulb architecture=single-noded |whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose |whole_organism habitat=epiphytic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Orchidaceae (tribe Maxillarieae) subtribe Oncidiinae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Orchidaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Brassia.