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Beloglottis
Family:
Orchidaceae
FNA
Resources
James D. Ackerman in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, terrestrial, sympodial. Roots fasciculate, fleshy, villous. Stems solitary, erect, rhizomatous, short. Leaves several, basal, petiolate; blade not articulate, involute when immature, margins entire. Inflorescences terminal, racemes, erect, scapose, laxly to densely flowered, slender. Flowers resupinate; perianth tubular; sepals subparallel, distinct or connate at base, apex spreading; lateral sepals with oblique, subdecurrent base; petals parallel and adnate to dorsal sepal; lip clawed, blade white with central green stripe, canaliculate, sagittate, 3-lobed, lateral lobes rounded, midlobe elongate-rounded, margins finely denticulate, lateral margins adnate to sides of column; column short, clinandrium inflated; stigmas 2, adjacent; rostellum erect, 2-lobed, 2-cleft, or 2-dentate, short; anther ovate, concave, base slightly cordate, apex acute; pollinia 4, clavate, soft, mealy; viscidium narrowly elliptic. Fruits capsules, erect, ellipsoid.
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Beloglottis bicaudata
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Beloglottis costaricensis
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Beloglottis ecallosa
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Beloglottis hameri
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Beloglottis mexicana
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Beloglottis subpandurata
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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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