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Spilotantha

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Spilotantha
Spilotantha ferrusii
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Spilotantha

Species

About 35, see text

Synonyms

Masdevallia (Amanda) sect. Amandae

Spilotantha is a genus proposed by Carlyle Luer; however, the genus lacks a clear synapomorphy and it is equivalent to Masdevallia subgenus Amanda, section Amandae.[1]

Morphology

  • large or small plants the ramicauls are shorter than the coriaceous leaves
  • an erect raceme with keeled or crested ovaries usually possessing inflated floral bracts
  • species exhibit a series of simultaneously blooming flowers borne by a peduncle with a round cross-section
  • sepals are usually long-tailed and variously connected into a shallow cup or arching cylindrical tube
  • petals are callous on the lower half and are often denticulate along the margins
  • the lip is usually divided by marginal folds

Species

References

  1. ^ "The Plant List (2010). Version 1". www.theplantlist.org/. Retrieved 7 April 2012.