Habenaria nuda Lindl. 1835 SECTION Nudae TYPE for the section

Plant in situ Brazil

Perianth

Pedicel and Spur

Habenaria nuda var. pygmaea Hoehne 1910

Photos by © J. A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti and the Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria

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Common Name The Naked Habenaria

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais states of Brazil as a medium sized, cool growing terrestrial with an erect stem enveloped by leafbearing sheaths carrying linear, acumiante, basally clasping leaves that blooms in the late summer and fall on an erect, 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence with erect, long acuminate, usually shorter than the ovary floral bracts.

"This species is part of a complex that includes H. nuda, H. fluminensis , H. nasuta , H. rodriguesii , H. rolfeana , H. setacea , H. trichoceras Barb.Rodr. (Barbosa Rodrigues 1882), and other taxa not yet identified to a specific level. Habenaria nuda was described by Lindley (1830–1840) from material collected by Martius in the state of Minas Gerais, at an unspecified location. As the type is in a poor state of conservation and the description does not allow for the unequivocal identification of the species and its differentiation from other closely related taxa, the exact identity of the species and these similar taxa is still uncertain." Carvallo, Ramalho and Batista 2013

Synonyms Habenaria nuda var. pygmaea Hoehne 1910;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 312 Lindley 1835

Flora Brasilensis Vol 3 Pt 4 Cogniaux 1893

Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(1): 25 Hoehne 1910 as H nuda var. pygmaea

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: 162 Hoehne 1940

Flora Brasilica Vol XII I: Tab 109 fig 1 Hoehne 1940 drawing good;

Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975;

Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;

Orquideas de Minas Gerais; El Genero Habenaria João A. N. Batista; João Batista F. da Silva; Luciano de Bem Bianchetti; Rev. bras. Bot. vol.31 no.1 São Paulo Jan./Mar. 2008 photo

O gênero Habenaria (Orchidaceae) na Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brasil Rodriguésia 64 (2) Carvallo, Ramalho and Batista Jun 2013

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