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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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POGONIA MEXICANA S. Wats.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Proc. Am. Acad. 26:154. 1891.
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Synonym
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Triphora mexicana Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Spec. Nov. Beih. 17:139. 1921; Ames, Orch. 7:40, t. I09, f. 5-6. 1922.
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Description
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Weak terrestrial herbs up to 27 cm. tall, with leaf-bearing stems. Leaves 8-20 mm. long and 5-17 mm. broad, narrowly to broadly ovate, obtuse or acute. Inflorescence of 1-3 single flowers borne in the axils of the upper leaves (or leaf- like bracts?). Dorsal sepals 10-17 mm. long and about 2 mm. broad, linear to linear-oblanceolate, obtuse or acute. Lateral sepals 10-17 mm. long and 1.5-3 mm. broad, linear to narrowly elliptic, subfalcate, acute. Petals 9-17 mm. long and 1-3 mm. broad, linear to linear-elliptic, subfalcate, acute or obtuse. Lip 10-16 mm. long, and 5-9 mm. broad, narrowly oval to obovate in outline, con- spicuously narrowed to the base, 3-lobed; lateral lobes obtuse, subtriangular, terminal' lobe suborbicular to deltoid; disc trilamellate.
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Distribution
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Mexico, Guatemala and Panama.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Bevins.
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Note
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Very close if not the same as Pogonia trianthophora (Sw.) BSP.
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