Cyclopogon alexandrae (Kraenzl.) Schltr. 1920

SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993

Photo © By Karl Senghas

Common Name The Alexandra Cyclopogon [A town in Parana state of Brazil near where the orchid occurs]

Flower Size

Found in Parana state of Brazil in primary forests at elevations below 1000 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with fasciculate, thickened roots giving rise to a basal rosette of 6 to 7, unequal in size, oblong, pointed, slightly asymetrical, short to regularlly pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms on an erect, terminal, peduncle 6 to 6.5" [15 to 16 cm] long, from the middle upwards glandular-pilose, rachis glandular-pilose, 2.4 to 2.8" [6 to 7 cm] long,

Kraenzlin stated that this species was close to Cyclopogon chloroleucus but differs in its narrower leaves, equally narrower bracts and broader petals and a different lip.

Synonyms Beadlea alexandrae (Kraenzl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; *Spiranthes alexandrae Kraenzl. 1911

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 32 Kraenzlin 1911 as Spiranthes alexandrae

* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 384 Schlechter 1920

Flora Brasilica fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 199 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945

Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 6 321 - 384 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1975 photo fide;

Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 299 Garay 1980 publ. 1982 as Beadlea alexandrae

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