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|accepted_name=Pogonia
|accepted_authority=Jussieu
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl.,
|place=65. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|common_names=Beard-flower
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Vanilloideae;Orchidaceae tribe Vanilleae;Orchidaceae (tribe Vanilleae) subtribe Pogoniinae;Pogonia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Vanilloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Vanilleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Vanilleae) subtribe Pogoniinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pogonia]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pogonias, bearded, alluding to bearded lip
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498, 511
|treatment_page=page 513
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form or habitat;whole_organism texture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, terrestrial, rather succulent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root quantity;root arrangement;root size;root texture;interval width"><b>Roots </b>few, scattered along slender rootstock producing shoots at wide intervals, slender, fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem size;leaf architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Stems </b>slender, solitary leaves inserted toward middle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf orientation"><b>Leaves </b>ascending;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade texture">blade fleshy-leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;raceme architecture or arrangement or growth form;raceme architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, solitary flower or 2-flowered racemes;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="floral bract architecture;floral bract prominence">floral bracts foliaceous, prominent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower orientation;flower prominence"><b>Flowers </b>resupinate, showy;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="lip shape;adaxial crest prominence;adaxial crest texture;process fusion;process shape;margin shape">lip bearing prominent adaxial fleshy crests divided into distinct cylindric processes, margins laciniate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pollinium quantity;viscidium presence">pollinia 2, viscidia absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stigma prominence or shape">stigma flat.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsules.</span><!--

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|distribution=Temperate regions;North America;e Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 3 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Pogonia
|author=Charles J. Sheviak;Paul M. Catling
|authority=Jussieu
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Temperate regions;North America;e Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. Pl.,
|publication year=1789
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Vanilloideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Vanilleae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Vanilleae) subtribe Pogoniinae
|genus=Pogonia
|adaxial crest prominence=prominent
|adaxial crest texture=fleshy
|blade texture=fleshy-leathery
|floral bract architecture=foliaceous
|floral bract prominence=prominent
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower orientation=resupinate
|flower prominence=showy
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|interval width=wide
|leaf architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|leaf orientation=ascending
|lip shape=divided
|margin shape=laciniate
|pollinium quantity=2
|process fusion=distinct
|process shape=cylindric
|raceme architecture=2-flowered
|raceme architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|root arrangement=scattered
|root quantity=few
|root size=slender
|root texture=fibrous
|stem size=slender
|stigma prominence or shape=flat
|viscidium presence=absent
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism growth form or habitat=terrestrial
|whole_organism texture=succulent
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