Flora of North America species comparison

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Macradenia

macradenia
Habit Herbs, epiphytic, cespitose.
Stems

with prominent, elongate pseudobulbs partially covered by bracts.
Leaves

per sympodium 1, rarely 2, apical, leathery;

blade conduplicate, oblong-lanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened, margins entire.
Inflorescences

racemes, arising from base of pseudobulb, pendent;

bracts narrowly triangular.
Flowers

petals and sepals oblong-elliptic, distinct and free;

lip 3-lobed, without nectar cavity, callus shallow;

column with prominent dorsal hood projecting over anther cap, otherwise without wings or arms;

stigmatic cavity longitudinal;

rostellum prominent, beaklike, projecting outward.
Fruits

capsules, ellipsoid, ± triangular in cross section.

Macradenia
Distribution
from USDA
Tropical and subtropical regions of Western Hemisphere
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Discussion

Species 10–12 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 647. Author: Mark W. Chase.
Parent taxa Orchidaceae > subfam. Epidendroideae > tribe Maxillarieae > subtribe Oncidiinae
Subordinate taxa
M. lutescens
Name authority R. Brown: Bot. Reg. 8: plate 612. (1822)
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