Eltroplectris cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Pabst 1974

Photo by © Dalton Holland Baptista

Drawing of Centrogenium cogniauxianum

Drawing by © Hoehne

Common Name Cogniaux's Eltroplectris [French orchid botanist late 1800's early 1900's]

Flower Size .36" [9 mm]

Found in Minas Gerais, Matto Grosso and Goias states of Brazil as a small to medium sized, warm growing terrestrial with two ovoid tubers one much smaller than the other that blooms in the winter without leaves, on an erect, thin peduncle 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, partially enveloped by 7 to 10, lanceolate, acute sheathing bracts, rachis erect, 1.2 to 3.2" [3 to 8 cm] long, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence with ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying whitish, erect-spreading flowers

Similar to Eltroplectris longicornu but with smaller flowers with different details, but especially the much shorter spur.

Synonyms *Centrogenium cogniauxianum Schltr. 1920; Ochyrella cogniauxiana (Schltr.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2008; Pelexia longicornu var. minor Cogn. 1906

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Fl. Bras. 3(6): 533 Cogn. 1906 as Pelexia longicornu var. minor

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 452 Schlechter 1920 as Centrogenium cogniauxianum

* Bradea 1: 469 Pabst 1974

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 288 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Centrogenium cogniauxianum;

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: Tab 157 Orchidaceae Illustrations Hoehne 1945 as Centrogenium cogniauxianum drawing ok;

Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

Phylogeny Taxon. Subtr. Spiranthinae Stenorrhynchidinae Cyclopogoninae Centr. S. Amer.: 166 Szlach. & Rutk. 2008 as Ochyrella cogniauxiana

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