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Petalochilus
R.S. Rogers , in J. Bot. 62 (1924) , 65 .
Caladeneae. X. Gr. petalon (leaf, petal) , cheilos (lip). " The outstanding feature of the new genus is ., of course , the ancestral form of the labellum." The labellum is morphologically a modified petal and , in this case , as a result of partial peloria ,did not undergo modification .
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