Flora of North America species comparison

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Sacoila
Habit Herbs, terrestrial.
Roots

fascicled, fleshy.
Stems

with abbreviated rhizome.
Leaves

several, in basal rosette;

blade oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic.
Inflorescences

densely flowered racemes.
Flowers

resupinate, with prominent, free-tipped mentum formed by backwardly extended column foot, lip, and lateral sepals;

anther abaxial;

pollinarium with linear viscidium;

pollinia 2 pairs, pale yellow, soft, mealy;

stigma nearly perpendicular to viscidium and rostellum;

rostellum linear-needlelike, sharp-pointed, rigid.
Fruits

capsules, erect, ovoid.

Sacoila
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical regions; mostly South America
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Discussion

Species ca. 10 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Key
1. Rachis pubescent with bubble-shaped, glandular-capitate, and transitional hairs.
S. lanceolata
1. Rachis scurfy, with white dots.
S. squamulosa
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 528. Authors: Paul Martin Brown, Paul M. Catling.
Parent taxa Orchidaceae > subfam. Orchidoideae > tribe Cranichideae > subtribe Spiranthinae
Subordinate taxa
S. lanceolata, S. squamulosa
Name authority Rafinesque: Fl. Tellur. 4: 86. (1838)
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