Cranichis tenuiflora Griseb. 1866 Diphylla group 9

ISOTYPE Collection Sheet by © Wright

Common Name or Meaning The Thin Flowered Cranichis

Flower Size

Found in Holguin and Santiago de Cuba provinces of Cuba at elevations below 400 meters as a small sized, hot growing terrestrial with 2, basal, one larger than the other, ovate-cordate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on an erect, terminal, peduncle 10" [25 cm] long, provided with 4, distant, apically free, sheathing bracts, rachis 2" [5 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescence with shorter than the ovary floral bracts

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Cat. Pl. Cub.: 268 Griseb. 1866

Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile VII: 93 Ames 1922 as C tenuiflora;

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