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Monocotyledons / Monocotiledóneas
Polystachya Hook.
EOL Text
Epiphytic, occasionally lithophytic or terrestrial, herbs with sympodial growth. Pseudobulbs usually present. Leaves linear to elliptic or oblanceolate, of various textures. Inflorescence a raceme or panicle, arising from the apex of the pseudobulb. Flowers usually not resupinate, usually scented. Lateral sepals fused to the column-foot to form a mentum. Lip usually 3-lobed, less often entire, glabrous or pubescent, often recurved, fleshy. Pollinia 2.
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:238
Specimens with Sequences:233
Specimens with Barcodes:152
Species:87
Species With Barcodes:87
Public Records:206
Public Species:87
Public BINs:0
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Polystachya, abbreviated Pol in horticultural trade, is a flowering plant genus in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This rather distinctive genus was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1824 and is the type genus of the subtribe Polystachyinae. It contains about 100 species widespread across much of the tropical parts of the globe.[1]
Selected species[edit]
- Polystachya bicalcarata
- Polystachya concreta
- Polystachya cooperi
- Polystachya cultriformis
- Polystachya farinosa
- Polystachya geniculata
- Polystachya kupensis
- Polystachya laxiflora
- Polystachya longiscapa Summerh.
- Polystachya maculata
- Polystachya oligophylla
- Polystachya puberula
- Polystachya rivae
- Polystachya subdiphylla
- Polystachya superposita
- Polystachya victoriae
References[edit]
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