Cyclopogon cearensis Barb.Rodr. 1882
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Drawing by © Friedrich Reinhardt-Verlag, Basel, Switzerland
Drawing by © Hoehne
Common Name The Ceara' Cyclopogon [A State of northeastern Brazil]
Flower Size .24" [6 mm]
Found in Ceara state of Brazil as a medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with tuberous roots giving rise to lanceolate, acuminate, abruptly narrowing below into the thin, elongate, pseudo-petiolate base leaves that blooms on a terminal, erect, 16 to 20" [40 to 50 cm] long, qpuberulous, thin, provided with acuminate, amplexicaul, glabrous, sheathing bracts, several flowered inflorescence with lanceolate, acute bracts and longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Beadlea cearensis (Barb.Rodr.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Spiranthes elata var. cearensis (Barb.Rodr.) Cogn. 1895
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 2: 283 Barb Rodr. 1882
Fl. Bras. 3(4): 192 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes elata var. cearensis
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 207 Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 104 fig 1 Illustrations Hoehne 1945 drawing ok;
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 300 Garay 1980 publ. 1982
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