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Zeuxine
Family:
Orchidaceae
FNA
Resources
James D. Ackerman in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, terrestrial, sympodial. Roots fleshy, villous. Stems succulent, glabrous. Leaves cauline, sessile [petiolate], not articulate; blade convolute, conduplicate, often membranous. Inflorescences terminal, dense spikes [racemes]; flowers spirally arranged; floral bracts mostly longer than flowers, membranaceous, scarious. Flowers few-many, resupinate, white with yellow lip, small, scarcely opening; sepals subequal; dorsal sepal erect, connivent with petals, forming hood over column; lateral sepals distinct and free, enclosing base of lip; lip pandurate, broadly rounded, margins entire, apex slightly broadened to winglike; column short; anther abaxial, 2-chambered, membranous; pollinia 2, sometimes 2-lobed, pyriform, sectile, caudicles present or absent; stigmas 2, on either side of column, convex; rostellum large, deeply divided. Fruits capsules, erect, ovoid [subglobose].
Species within checklist:
Texas
Zeuxine strateumatica
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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