Pelexia gutturosa (Rchb.f.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982 SECTION Pachygenium
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Common Name The ? Pelexia
Flower Size
Found in San Luis Potosi, Chiapas and Yucatan states of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador at elevations around 60 meters in open scrub between rocks in semi arid , shady areas as a miniature to small sized, hot growing terrestrial orchid without leaves at blooming occuring in the winter on an erect, terminal, peduncle to 4.8" [12 cm] long, provided wiuth lanceolate,, oblong, hyaline, acu7minate, red haired sheathing bracts, rachis to 1.2" [3 cm] long, 7 to 8 flowered inflorescence with concave-oblong, acuminate, sparingly hairy floral bracts.
Synonyms Gyrostachys gutturosa (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Pachygenium gutturosa (Rchb.f.) Szlach., Dudek & C.M.Martín 2022; Sarcoglottis gutturosa (Rchb.f.) Ames 1905; *Spiranthes gutturosa Rchb.f. 1866
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer.: 67 Rchb.f 1866 Spiranthes gutturosa
Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys gutturosa
Enum. Pl. Guatem. 7: 49 Ames 1905 as Sarcoglottis gutturosa
Orchids of Guatemala and Belize: 136 Ames & Correll 1952 as syn of S acaulis;
AOS Bulletin Vol 48 #5: 488 1979 as Spiranthes gutturosa;
* Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 344 Garay
1980 publ. 1982
Harvard Pap. Bot. 5 #2: 443 Carnevali etal. 2001;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018
PeerJ 10(e13433): 13 Szlach., Dudek & C.M.Martín2022 as Pachygenium gutturosa
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