Veyretia sagittata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Szlach. 1995

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Common Name or Meaning The Arrow-Shaped Veyretia

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in French Guiana, Brazil and northern Argentina in fields as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with basal, rosulate, linear-ligulate, acute, erect, thinly membraneous leaves that are not present at blooming in the spring on an erect, terminal, peduncle 3.6 to 4.8" [6 to 12 cm] long, thin, enveloped by 6 to 7, spaced, membraneous to glabrous, rachis .6 to .8" [1.5 to 2 cm] long, 2 to 4 flowered inflorescence with long-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous to slightly puberulent, as long as the ovary floral bracts and carrying quite small, white flowers with a green base.

Schlechter stated that this species is related to Veyretia rupicola and Veyretia aphylla but well distinguished from them both by the labellum which initially is narrow ond obovate then narrows and suddenly widens into a rounded anterior lobe.

Synonyms Gyrostachys sagittata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcoglottis sagittata (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. 1920; *Spiranthes sagittata Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881; Spiranthes sagittata var. depauperata Cogn. 1895; Veyretia sagittata var. depauperata (Cogn.) Szlach. 1995

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 85 Rchb.f 1881 as Spiranthes sagittata

Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 Kuntze 1891 as Gyrostachys sagittata

Fl. Bras. 3(4): 212 Cogn 1895 as Spiranthes sagittata

Fl. Bras. 3(4): 213 Cogn 1895 as Spiranthes sagittata var. depauperata

Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 2. 37: 420 Schlechter 1920 as Sarcoglottis sagittata

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 331 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Sarcocglottis sagittata;

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 180 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Sarcocglottis sagittata drawing fide;

Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as Sarcocglottis sagittata drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 as Sarcoglottis sagittata drawing fide;

*Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 116 Szlach 1995 Fragm. Florist. Geobot., Suppl. 3: 116 Szlach 1995 as Veyretia sagittata var. depauperata

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