Habenaria crucifera Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881 SECTION Nudae
Photo by © Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria
Drawing by © Hoehne
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Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in DF, Goias, Matto Grosso, Bahia and Sao Paulo states of Brazil in damp grasslands as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped sparsely by bract-like triangular, acute leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a terminal, erect, 2 to 6" [5 to 15 cm] long, laxly several flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, as long as or longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Synonyms Habenaria aphylla Barb.Rodr.1877; Habenaria crucifera var. brevidactyla J.A.N.Bat. & Bianch. 2010
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 158 Barb Rodr. 1877 as H aphylla nom illegal;
* Otia Botanica Hamburgensia Rchb.f 1881;
Flora Brasilica Vol XII I Hoehne 1940 as H aphylla drawing hmm;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst and Dungs 1975 as H aphylla drawing fide;
Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria Joćo A. N. Batista; Joćo Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 Sćo Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 drawing;
Batista, Joao & Bianchetti, Luciano. Taxonomy, distribution and new taxa from the Habenaria crucifera (section Nudae, Orchidaceae) aggregate from Brazil and the Guianas. Brittonia. 62; 64 2010. ;
Batista, Joao & Bianchetti, Luciano. Taxonomy, distribution and new taxa from the Habenaria crucifera (section Nudae, Orchidaceae) aggregate from Brazil and the Guianas. Brittonia. 62; 64 2010 as Habenaria crucifera var. brevidactyla ;
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