Cyclopogon chloroleucus Barb.Rodr. 1877

SUBGENUS Cyclopogon

Side View of Flower

Plant

1st and third Photo by © Guillermo Menéndez/ 2nd photo by Ary Mailhos and The I Naturalist Website

Drawing

Drawing by © Hoehne

EARLY

Common Name or Meaning The Green and White Cyclopogon [refers to the leaves color]

Flower Size

Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil, Paraguay and Missiones department of Argentina in montane ravies in primary forests at elevations of 800 to 1200 meters as a medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with 4 to 6 in a basal rosette, ovate, acute, green with 3 to 5 white arcs above, greenish white beneath, undulate margins, rounded below into the pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, peduncle with 4 to 6 bracts, 14 to 20" [35 to 50 cm] long overall, rachis 4 to 7.2" [10 to 18 cm] long, laxly 10 to 12 flowered inflorescence with triangular-linear, long acuminate, finely puberulent, shorter than the flowers floral bracts.

"This small and beautiful species whose leaves resemble those of Anoectochilus in color has the upper sepal and petals greenish white with purple apex edges. The lower sepals are also white with a greenish base, The lip is white with 2 purple transverse lines on the midlobe." Barbosa Rodrigues 1877

Synonyms Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. australis Hoehne 1945; Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. fontialis Barb.Rodr. 1877; Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. longipetiolata Barb.Rodr. 1877; Spiranthes chloroleuca Barb.Rodr. 1877; Spiranthes chloroleuca var. concolor Porsch 1908; Spiranthes chloroleuca var. fontinalis Barb.Rodr. 1877; Spiranthes chloroleuca var. longipetiolata Barb.Rodr. 1877

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 181 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Spiranthes chloroleuca

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 182 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Spiranthes chloroleuca var. fontinalis

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 182 Barb Rodr. 1877 as Spiranthes chloroleuca var. longipetiolata

* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1(Index): iii Barb Rodr. 1877

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1(Index): iii Barb Rodr. 1877 as Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. fontialis

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1(Index): iii Barb Rodr. 1877 as Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. longipetiolata

Flora Brasilense Vol 3 part 4: 195 Cogniaux 1893 as Spiranthes chloroleuca

Flora Brasilense Vol 3 part 4: Tab 36 fig 3 Cogniaux 1893 as Spiranthes chloroleuca drawing plant only fide

Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 79(1): 99 Porsch 1908 as Spiranthes chloroleuca var. concolor

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 35: 30 1925;

Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 187 Hoehne 1945 Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 89 Hoehne 1945 drawing fide;

Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-4: 188 1883 Hoehne 1945 as Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. australis;

Flora Brasilica Fasc. 8 Vol XII II 13-43 Hoehne 1945Z as Cyclopogon chloroleucus var. longipetiolata;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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