Eltroplectris longicornu (Cogn.) Pabst 1974

Drawing by Hoehne as Centrogenium longicornu

TYPE Drawing As Pelexia longicornu TYPE Drawing of Pelexia longicornu by Cogniaux

Common Name The Long Horned Electroplectris [refers to the spur]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso states of Brazil as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial with leaves that are not present at blooming and no reference as to what they are, that blooms in the winter on an erect terminal, 4 to 14" [10 to 35 cm] long, rachis short, pale rose to clear rose, few flowered inflorescence enveloped by 5 to 6, membraneous, glabrous, long-amplexicaul, tubular, strongly appressed bracts and oval-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous, shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

Distinguished by the long spur that is thickened in the middle and slightly arched.

Synonyms Centrogenium longicornu (Cogn.) Schltr. 1920; Ochyrella longicornu (Cogn.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2008; *Pelexia longicornu Cogn. 1896

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 425 Cogniaux 1896 as Pelexia longicornu

Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 453 Schlechter 1920 as Centrogenium longicornu

*Bradea 1: 469 Pabst 1974

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: 287 Orchidaceae Hoehne 1945 as Centrogenium longicornu;

Flora Brasilica Fasc 8 Vol XII II 13-43: tab 156 Orchidaceae Illustations Hoehne 1945 as Centrogenium longicornu drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;

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

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