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(Last Modified On 11/8/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/8/2012)
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Species
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HABENARIA REPENS Nutt.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Gen. N. Am. P1. 2:190. 1818
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Reference
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Ames, Orch. 4:216. 1910; in Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harv. Univ. 3:35, fig. P. 23. 1924.
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Description
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Erect, slender, palustrine or aquatic herbs up to about 1 m. tall. Leaves up to 20 cm. long and 0.5-2.3 cm. broad, linear-elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, reduced to bracts. upward. Inflorescence a densely flowered raceme; flowers green. Dorsal sepals 4-7.5 mm. long and 3-5 mm. broad, oval to sub- orbicular-ovate, cochleate, apiculate. Lateral sepals 4-8 mm. long and 2-3 mm. broad, ovate to lanceolate-oval, oblique, apiculate. Petals 4-9 mm. long, bipartite, the lobes subequal; anterior lobe filiform; posterior lobe 1-2 mm. broad, linear- lanceolate to lanceolate, arcuate. Lip 5-10 mm. long and 1-2.5 mm. broad across the base, trilobate, the lobes subparallel; lateral lobes filiform; mid-lobe linear- lanceolate, usually a little shorter than- the laterals; spur 8-15 mm. long, slender.
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Distribution
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Southeastern United States, Guatemala, British Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, the West Indies and South America.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONiE: Barro Colorado Island, Bailey d Bailey 663; Dodge 3483; Woodworth C Vestal 55A, 65A.
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Note
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Often found in floating debris and in very wet places. The illustration, fig. 66, is redrawn from Ames, Orch. 1: 51, t. i6. 1905.
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