Himantoglossum Koch

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 342

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.215522

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283355

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scientific name

Himantoglossum Koch
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26. Himantoglossum Koch View in CoL View at ENA 1

Tubers 2, ovoid to subglobose, entire. Stem with numerous leaves, clothed with brownish fibres at base. Flowers in a long spike. Bracts equalling or shorter than flowers. Outer perianth- segments connivent with inner lateral to form a galea. Labellum 3-lobed, much exceeding other perianth-segments, the middle lobe much exceeding the lateral and spirally twisted. Spur present.

Column rather short. Rostellum prominent, beak-like. Visci- dium solitary, hemispherical or ellipsoid, bearing 2 pollinia bursicle simple.

Literature: H. Sundermann, Acta Bot. Acad. Sei. Hung. 19:: 367-374 (1973).

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

SubFamily

Orchidoideae

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