Cyclopogon itatiaiensis (Kraenzl.) Hoehne 1945
SUBGENUS Beadlea [Small] Szlach 1993
Photo by © Sérgio Akira Adachi & Silvia Rodrigues Machado and
TYPE Drawing of Spiranthes itatiaiensis by © Kraenzlin
Common Name The Itatiaia Cyclopogon [A town In Rio de Janiero state of Brazil]
Flower Size .2" [5 mm]
Found in Sao Paulo and Parana' states of Brazil at elevations of 2100 meters as a small sized, cold growing terrestrial with basal, 4, erect-patent, ovate-elliptic, slighty acute, rounded below into the thin pseudopetiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, straight to slightly sinuous, peduncle 8.4 to 10" [21 to 25 cm] long, enveloped by 5, acuminate, amplexicaul sheathing bracts, rachis 2 to 3.6" [5 to 9 cm] long, 15 to 20 flowered inflorescence with suberect, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly longer to equal to the ovaries floral bracts
The lip of this species and that of Cyclopogon iguapensis are quite similar however, wider at the base and more emarginated that C iguapensis and it also lacks the field of pappilae in the center of the terminal lobe of C itatiaiensis and instead has in the centre of the isthmus 2 small, dentiform calli. In general appearance C itatiaiensis could be confused with Hapalorchis lineatus but it has a very different labellum and lacks the basal auricles.
Synonyms Beadlea itatiaiensis (Kraenzl.) Garay 1980 publ. 1982; Cyclopogon paulensis Schltr. 1922; *Spiranthes itatiaiensis Kraenzl. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 46(10): 36 Kraenzlin 1911 as Spiranthes itatiaiensis
Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secç. Bot. 1(4): 27 Schlechter 1911 as C paulensis
* Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 203 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945;
Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 88 Fig 2 Orchidaceae Illustrations Hoehne 1945 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Orquideas do Estado do Espiritu Santo Ruschi 1997 drawing ok
Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 300 Garay 1980 publ. 1982 as Beadlea itatiaiensis
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