GROUP Pleuranthium SUBGROUP Dendrobii
Characterized by the sympodial, caespitose, canelike, tall stems with several short lateral inflorescence with several flowers per raceme, and has a short or reduced clinadrium hood.
GROUP Pleuranthium SUBGROUP Phragmites
Characterized by the caespitose habit, cane-like, elongate stems with several short, lateral inflorescence
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 728 Hamer 1982; Icones Orchidacearum 7 Plate 752 Hagsater and Sanchez 2004 see note; Icones Orchidacearum 8 Plate 813 Hagsater and Sanchez 2006 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 9 Plate 997 Hagsater 2007 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 11 Plate 1158 Hagsater 2008 see recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 13 Plate 1371 Hagsater & Dodson 2010 See Recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 Plate 1422 Hagsater & Santiago 2013 See recognition section; Icones Orchidacearum 14 plate 1422 Hagsater E.Santiago & O.Pérez 2013 see recognition section; Orchids of the Department of Valle De Cauca Colombia Vol 2 Kolanowska, Hagsater etal. 2014 drawing/photo fide; Icones Orchidacearum 15 [1] Plate 1534 Hagsater & Sanchez 2015 see recognition section;
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