Deiregyne

Schlechter

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37: 426. 1920.

Etymology: Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 523. Mentioned on page 499.

Herbs, perennial, terrestrial. Roots tuberous, fascicled, fleshy. Stems with foliaceous sheaths. Leaves usually absent at anthesis, basal or cauline, base cuneate. Inflorescences terminally flowered spikes. Flowers resupinate; perianth parts distinct and/or free; sepals similar, basally connivent, forming inflated nectary; lip free, oblong-ovate, arcuate, base conduplicate, apex acute; column partially adnate to dorsal sepal, not inflated adaxially at base; anther ovate-cucullate, margins entire; viscidium rounded; rostellum longer than wide; stigma 2-lobed at apex. Fruits capsules.

Distribution

Tropical regions, United States, Mexico, Central America (Guatemala).

Discussion

Species 14 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Paul Martin Brown +
Schlechter +
Tropical regions +, United States +, Mexico +  and Central America (Guatemala). +
Greek deire, neck, and gyne, pistil or woman, referring to sepals that sit on top of ovary and form a necklike extension +
Beih. Bot. Centralbl. +
Deiregyne +
Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae +