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Cranichis
Family:
Orchidaceae
FNA
Resources
James D. Ackerman in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs terrestrial, sympodial. Roots several, fasciculate, thick, villous. Stems simple, rhizomatous. Leaves 1-many, often forming basal rosette; blade petiolate, not articulate, thin. Inflorescences terminal, several- to many-flowered racemes, erect; scape with a few sheathing bracts. Flowers not resupinate; sepals and petals spreading, distinct, thin; lip concave, fleshy; column cylindric, short; anther erect, abaxial; pollinia 4, clavate, mealy, breaking apart in chunks, not powdery, attached to caudicle; stigma entire; rostellum apical, viscidium terminal; ovary pedicellate. Fruits capsules, erect.
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Cranichis acuminatissima
Cranichis antioquiensis
Cranichis apiculata
Cranichis candida
Cranichis ciliata
Cranichis ciliilabia
Cranichis cochleata
Cranichis diphylla
Cranichis fendleri
Cranichis glandulosa
Cranichis gracilis
Cranichis hieroglyphica
Cranichis lankesteri
Cranichis lehmanniana
Cranichis longipetiolata
Cranichis multiflora
Cranichis muscosa
Cranichis notata
Cranichis oligantha
Images
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Cranichis ovata
Cranichis reticulata
Cranichis revoluta
Cranichis ricartii
Cranichis saccata
Cranichis schaffneri
Cranichis stachyodes
Images
not available
Cranichis subumbellata
Cranichis sylvatica
Cranichis tenuis
Cranichis wageneri
This project made possible by
National Science Foundation Award 1410069
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