GROUP Elleanthoides SUBGROUP Pilcuense characterized by the thin, monopodial stems, branching above when mature, sheaths rugose, inflorescence apical, erect, paniculate, lax-flowered, lacking any spathe, small flowers, and sub-entire to deeply 3-lobed, fleshy lip embracing the apex of the column, 1-callose, the disc of the lip and floor of the nectary opposite the stigmatic cavity pilose.
ReferencesW3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Orchidacearum 4 Plate 439 Hagsater & Dodson 2001 as E golondrinense; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [1] Plate 1512 Hagsater & Sanchez 2015 see recognition section
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