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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Genus
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TRICHOCENTRUM Poepp. & Endl.
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:11, t. 115. 18371
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Reference
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Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. 3:559. 1883.
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Synonym
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Acoidium Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 23: t. 195I. 1837, nom. nud.
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Description
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Small, epiphytic herbs with very short, monophyllous stems which are thick- ened into short, inconspicuous pseudobulbs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate to ligular, coriaceous or fleshy. Inflorescences usually simple, rarely branching, 1- or rarely 2-flowered scapes, usually very short, but sometimes nearly equaling the leaves. Flowers of moderate size to relatively large. Sepals subequal, free, spreading. Petals subequal to the sepals. Lip entire or obscurely 3-lobed, produced at the base into a spur. Column stout or slender, erect, the apex clavate or with prominent lateral wings or auricles, the base without a foot. Anther terminal, operculate, incumbent, 1-celled, often pubescent or papillose; pollinia 2, waxy.
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Note
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Perhaps fifteen species of tropical American epiphytes, ranging from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. One species is known from Panama.
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