Habenaria uncata R.Jiménez, L.Sánchez & García-Cruz 2002

TYPE Drawing by © Espejo & López-Ferr. 2002 and Acta Bot. Mex. 61: 28 R.Jiménez, L.Sánchez & García-Cruz 2002

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Common Name The Hook Habenaria [refers to the nectary provided with a hook shape]

Flower Size .52 to .8" [1.3 to 2 cm] wide

Found in Morelos and Oaxaca? states of Mexico as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an ovoid to ellipsoid, rugose tuber giving rise to an erect stem carryijng 7 to 8, elliptic, membraneous, acuminate, decurrent base, margin entire leaves that blooms in the later summer on an erect, terminal, racemsoe, 2.4 to 3.6" [6 to 9 cm] long, rachis somewhat flattened and slightly keeled, simultaneously 8 to 9 flowered inflorescence with conduplicate, lanceolate, acuminate, trinerved, almost as long to slightly longer than the ovary floral bracts and carring erect, extended, green flowers

"The proposed species is similar to H agapitae but differ in the fewer [7 to 9 versus 11 to 19], smaller, elliptic and entire margin leaves, the non-carinate, acute and papillose margin dorsal sepal and the hook shaped nectaries" R.Jiménez, L.Sánchez & García-Cruz 2002

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Acta Bot. Mex. 61: 30 R.Jiménez, L.Sánchez & García-Cruz 2002 Acta Bot. Mex. 61: 31 R.Jiménez, L.Sánchez & García-Cruz 2002 Drawing fide

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