Cranichis crenatifolia Kolan. & Szlach. 2019 Ciliata Group 3
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing by © A Krol, Kolan. & Szlach. 2019 and Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57: 63 Kolan. & Szlach. 2019
Common Name or Meaning The Crenate Leaved Cranichis
Flower Size
Found in Putumayo department of Colombia in wet montane forests at elevations of 2600 meters as a meedium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 2, elliptic, acuminate, crenate and undulate margins petiolate base leaves that blooms in the later summer on an erect, terminal, peduncle to 12.8" [32 cm] long, glabrous below, provided with 3 to 4, tubular sheaths above, rachis 2.8" [7 cm] long, sparsely cliate, laxly many flowered inflorescence with with lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying non-resupinate flowers
Unique in the genus for the crenulate-undulate leaves.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57: 62 Kolan. & Szlach. 2019
Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57: 64 Kolan. & Szlach. 2019 drawing
Ann. Bot. Fenn. 57: 63 Kolan. & Szlach. 2019 Photos
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol 3: 23 Szlachetko & Kolanowska 2020 drawing fide
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