View source for Pteroglossaspis

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|accepted_name=Pteroglossaspis
|accepted_authority=Reichenbach f.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Otia Bot. Hamburg.,
|place=67. 1878
|year=1878
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Triorchos
|authority=Small & Nash
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Eulophiinae;Pteroglossaspis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Eulophiinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pteroglossaspis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pteron, wing, glossa, tongue, and aspis, shield
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 496, 642
|treatment_page=page 641
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> terrestrial, cespitose. <b>Stems</b> cormlike pseudobulbs. <b>Leaves</b> wilting at end of growing season, basal, nearly petiolate; blade plicate, not articulate with leaf sheaths. <b>Inflorescences</b> lateral, from base of pseudobulb, racemes, erect. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, inconspicuous; sepals and petals converging [usually spreading], distinct and free, nearly equal; lip spreading, sessile at base of column, 3-lobed; disc smooth, without spurs; column erect, wingless, stout, 3–4 mm, base 2-auriculate, apex blunt; anther terminal, incumbent, operculate, 1-locular; pollinia 2, yellow, spheric, sulcate, cartilaginous; stipe semilunar; viscidium present. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect when mature.</span><!--

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|distribution=Neotropical regions;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 7–10 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=rolfe1898a
|text=Rolfe, R. A. 1898. Pteroglossaspis. In: D. Oliver et al., eds. 1868–1937. Flora of Tropical Africa…. 10 vols. London. Vol. 7, pp. 99–100.
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|id=romero-g1993a
|text=Romero-G., G. A. 1993. Notes on Pteroglossaspis (Orchidaceae), a new genus for the flora of Colombia. Orquidea (Mexico City) 13: 275–280.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=wood1989a
|text=Wood, J. J. 1989. Pteroglossaspis. In: W. B. Turrill et al., eds. 1952+. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 152+ vols. London and Rotterdam. Orchidaceae, part 3, pp. 480–482.
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name=Pteroglossaspis
|author=Gustavo A. Romero-González
|authority=Reichenbach f.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=Triorchos
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Neotropical regions;Africa.
|reference=rolfe1898a;romero-g1993a;wood1989a
|publication title=Otia Bot. Hamburg.,
|publication year=1878
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cymbidieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cymbidieae) subtribe Eulophiinae
|genus=Pteroglossaspis
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