Kionophyton sawyeri (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Garay 1980 publ. 1982
Photo/Drawing by © ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 The Herbario AMO Website
Another Photo Photo by Burns-Ba1ogh/Collection sheet and Drawing by © Sawyer and The AMO Herbaria Website
Common Name Sawyer's Kionophyton [American Orchid Enthusiast and Collector in Mexico 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Morelos state of Mexico in oak forests within volcanic rocky soils at elevations around 2000 meters as a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by the basal, petiolate base, elliptic-lanceolate leaves that blooms in the fall on an erect, secund, many flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Greenwoodia sawyeri (Standl. & L.O.Williams) Burns-Bal. 1986; *Spiranthes sawyeri Standl. & L.O.Williams 1953
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; ORQUIDEA (Méx. ) 10 (1) ABRIL 1986 as Greenwoodia sawyeri drawing/photo fide; Orquideas del Estado de Morelos ORQUÍDEA (MÉX.) VOLUMEN 16 NÚMERO ÚNICO enero 2002 drawing/photo fide
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