IOSPE PHOTOS

Cyclopogon apricus (Lindl.) Schltr. 1920

SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993

Plant in situ Brazil

Photos by © Marcio Verdi and Flora Digital Website

Drawing of Spiranthes diversifolia

Drawing of Spiranthes diversifolia by © Cogniaux 1906

Drawing of Spiranthes amblysepala

Drawing of Spiranthes amblysepala by © Kraenzlin 1911

LATER EARLY

Common Name The Sun Loving Cyclopogon

Flower Size

Found in Bolivia, Rio Grande do Sul state of Brazil, Salta province of Argentina and Uruguay as a small sized, cold growing with rosulate, basal, small, membraneous, intense green, erect-patent, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, attenuate below into the short, deeply canaliculate, pseudo-petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late fall and early winter on an erect, thin, shortly villous to puberulent, enveloped by 1 to 2, erect, ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, pale, thinly membraneous sheaths, peduncle 2.4 to 6.4" [6 to 16 cm] long, rachis .4 to 2" [1 to 5 cm] long, laxly 3 to 5 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, long acuminate, thinly puberulous, as long as to a bit longer than the flower floral bracts and carrying spirally arranged flowers.

Somewhat related to Cyclopogon goodyeroides but C apricus has a more distinctive, compact habit, only Cyclopogon saccatus is more compact. C apricus is well characterized from C saccatus by the lip and the lateral sepals that are distinctly longer.

Synonyms Beadlea aprica (Lindl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Beadlea diversifolia (Cogn.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Cyclopogon diversifolius (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920; Cyclopogon platyunguis Schltr. 1925; Gyrostachys aprica (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Spiranthes amblysepala Kraenzl. 1911; *Spiranthes aprica Lindl. 1840; Spiranthes diversifolia Cogn. 1906; Warscaea aprica (Lindl.) Szlach. 1994; Warscaea diversifolia (Cogn.) Szlach. 1994; Warscaea platyunguis (Schltr.) Mytnik, Rutk. & Szlach. 2006

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 469 Lindley 1840 as Spiranthes aprica

Symb. Fl. Arg.: 338 Griseb 1879 as Spiranthes apricusa

Engl. Bot. Jahrb." vol. IX: 318 Kraenzlin 1888

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

Flora Brasilensis vol. 3, pt 4: 199 Cogniaux 1895 as Spiranthes aprica

Fl. Bras. 3(6): 543 Cogniaux 1906 as Spiranthes diversifolia

Fl. Bras. 3(6): Tab 113 fig 1 Cogniaux 1906 as Spiranthes diversifolia

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

Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): Taf 6 Kraenzlin 1911 as Spiranthes amblysepala drawing fide

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

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 387 Schlechter 1920 as Cyclopogon diversifolius