Malaxis acutangula

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Description

Genus Malaxis

Herbs, terrestrial to semiepiphytic, glabrous . Roots few, fibrous , 0.3-1 mm wide. Stems swollen at base into pseudobulb , ± globose , glabrous. Leaves 1-3(-5), with sheathing base; blade elliptic , ovate , or lanceolate. Inflorescences terminal , racemes , spicate racemes, corymbose racemes, or subumbellate racemes; floral bracts inconspicuous, lanceolate, subulate , or triangular-acuminate. Flowers 2-160, resupinate or not, erect or spreading , sessile or minutely to strongly pedicellate ; sepals spreading, distinct or lateral sepals basally connate , ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 1-6 mm, margins revolute or not; petals spreading or recurved, filiform to linear , lanceolate, or triangular, usually much narrower than sepals; lip ovate or lanceolate, cordate, unlobed to 3-lobed, concave or saccate , widest proximal to middle , base auriculate or truncate ; column free ; anther terminal; pollinaria 4, waxy; 1 pollinarium or 2 separate hemipollinaria; viscidia yellow or orange. Fruits capsules; previous year's fruiting stem and capsules frequently present during current year's anthesis . x = 14, 15, 18, ca. 20, ca. 21, 22.

Species ca. 250: widespread, mostly in Asia and East Indies.Paul M. Catling & Lawrence K. Magrath "Malaxis". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 497, 498, 627. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Malaxis acutangula (Hook.f.) Kuntze
2. Microstylis acutangula

Similar Species

Members of the genus Malaxis

There are approximately 638 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. abieticola (Slender-Flowered Malaxis) · M. acianthoides · M. acuminata · M. acutangula · M. adolphi · M. adolphii · M. affinis · M. alagensis · M. alamaganensis · M. allanii · M. alvaroi · M. amabilis · M. amplectens · M. amplexicolumna · M. anceps · M. andamanica · M. andersoniana · M. andersonii · M. andicola · M. andicola var. elata · M. angustifolia · M. angustifovea · M. anthropophora · M. aphylla · M. apiculata · M. apollinis · M. aporophylla · M. arachnifera · M. arachnoidea · M. arboricola · M. argentinensis · M. arietina · M. arisanensis · M. aschista · M. atrata · M. atro-rubra · M. atrobrachiata · M. atropurpurea · M. atrosanguinea · M. aurata · M. aurea · M. autumnalis · M. bahanensis · M. balabacensis · M. balabasensis · M. balbacensis · M. bancana · M. bancanoides · M. bataanensis · M. bayardi · M. bayardii (Bayard's Adder's-Mouth Orchid) · M. bayardii f. kelloggiae · M. bella · M. bengkulensis · M. benguetensis · M. bernaysii · M. biaurita · M. bicornis · M. bidentifera · M. biloba · M. binabayensis · M. bispirifera · M. blephariglottis · M. blumei · M. boliviana · M. boninensis · M. boylei · M. brachycaulos · M. brachyodonta · M. brachypoda (Pale Leaf Adder's-Mouth) · M. brachypoda f. bifolia · M. brachyrrhincha · M. brachyrrhyncha · M. brachyrrhynchos · M. brachystachya · M. brachystachys · M. bracteosa · M. brasiliensis · M. brevicaulis · M. brevidentata · M. brevifolia · M. brevis · M. breviscapa · M. brittonii · M. brunoniana · M. buchtienii · M. bulusanensis · M. burbidgei · M. caespitosa · M. calcarea · M. calophylla · M. calycina · M. caracasana · M. cardiophylla · M. caricoides · M. carinata · M. carnosa · M. carnosula · M. carpinterae · M. carrii

Bibliography

• Ames, O. and C. Schweinfurth. 1935. Nomenclatural studies in Malaxis and Spiranthes. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 113-133.
• Catling, P. M. 1991. Systematics of Malaxis bayardii and M. unifolia. Lindleyana 6: 3-23.

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5775012
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-118083
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15696286
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:642070-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2151434

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