(Last Modified On 11/11/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/12/2012)
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Genus
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LEPANTHES SW.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nova Acta Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6:85. 1799
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Reference
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Svensk. Vet-Akad. Handl. 21:249. 1800.
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Description
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Small repent or caespitose epiphytic herbs. Stems (secondary stems) generally unifoliate, with several loose, often ciliate and pubescent, sheaths below. Leaves coriaceous. Inflorescence terminal, 1 or few from the base of the leaves, the flowers small, often distichous. Sepals subequal, often more or less connate at the bases or the laterals connate nearly to their apices. Petals shorter than the sepals, bipartite or transversely bilobed, usually short-unguiculate and adnate to the column, except L. eximim. Lip bibbed or sometimes trilobed, with the mid- lobe small and inconspicuous, adnate to the column, the lobes usually appearing as wings. Column short, footless, wingless, dilated at the apex; anther terminal, operculate, incumbent; pollinia 2, waxy.
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Note
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An easily distinguished genus with many closely allied and poorly defined species.
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a. Petals simple, not bilobed and transverse ...................... 8. L. EXIMIA aa. Petals not simple, bilobed and transverse. b. Sepals linear-lanceolate, at least 5 times longer than broad ................ 7. L. INSECTIFLORA bb. Sepals broader than linear-lanceolate, less than 5 times longer than broad. c. Anterior lobe of the petal as long as the dorsal sepal ...... 5. L. ROTUNDIFOLIA cc. Anterior lobe of the petal shorter than the dorsal sepal. d. Dorsal sepal less than 4 mm. long. e. Petals 3-nerved ...................6. L. TURIALVAE ee. Petals 1-nerved .................1. L. CHIRIQUENSIS dd. Dorsal sepal 4 mm. long or longer. f. Petal 1-nerved; dorsal sepal 14-17 mm. long .................... 4. L. MAXONII ff. Petals 3-(5-)nerved; dorsal sepal 4-8 mm. long. g. Dorsal sepal about 4-4, mm. long, ovate ................... 3. L. ECILIATA gg. Dorsal sepal about 8 m. long, lanceolate .......... 2. L. ELATA
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