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Govenia
Family:
Orchidaceae
FNA
Resources
Edward W. Greenwood+ in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, terrestrial. Roots spreading, slender, fleshy. Stems reduced to short, nearly ovoid pseudobulbs. Leaves petiolate, articulate, from multiple, concentric, basal sheaths; blade pleated. Inflorescences lateral from within sheaths, racemes, erect, loose. Flowers resupinate; columns fleshy, arcuate 90o, prominently winged, foot prominent [absent]; anthers terminal; pollinaria with 2 pairs of pollinia, stipe, and viscidium.
Species within inventory project:
Arizona Flora
Govenia alba
Govenia bella
Govenia capitata
Govenia ciliilabia
Govenia dressleriana
Govenia elliptica
Govenia floridana
Govenia greenwoodii
Images
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Govenia lagenophora
Govenia liliacea
Govenia matudae
Govenia praecox
Govenia purpusii
Govenia quadriplicata
Govenia sodiroi
Govenia superba
Govenia tequilana
Govenia tingens