Pteroglossa rhombipetala Garay 1980 publ. 1982

Isotype collection Sheet by © O Ahumado

Common Name The Rhombic Shaped Petal Pteroglossa

Flower Size

Found in Itape province of Paraguay and Corrientes province of Argentina in dense woodlands on rather low ground with sandy soil as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a few basal, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, cuneate into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, peduncle to 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, provided with several lax sheathing bracts, rachis 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, laxly few flowered inflorescence with ovate-cucullate, acute, longer than the ovary floral bracts and carrying greenish-white, externally pubescent flowers.

Synonyms Cogniauxiocharis rhombipetala (Garay) Szlach. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 289 Garay 1980 publ. 1982;

Phylogeny Taxon. Subtr. Spiranthinae Stenorrhynchidinae Cyclopogoninae Centr. S. Amer.: 168 Szlach 2008 as Cogniauxiocharis rhombipetala

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