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Liparis
Liparis
Liparis, Richard.
Terrestrial or epiphytic ; pseudobulbous or not . Leaves I or more , membranous and continuous with their sheath or thicker and jointed on the sheath or pseudobulbs . Flowers small, in terminal racemes , resupinate. Sepals spreading , recurved or revolute , margins often revolute . Petals as long, very slender . Lip adnate to the base of the column , usually broad , deflexed from a very short base , or recurved . Column long, incurved , margined or winged towards the tip ; anther terminal ; pollinia 4. –Species about 100, temperate or tropical .
Sect. I . MOLLIFOLIAE |
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| Leaves membranous , not jointed at the base on their sheath or pseudobulb , usually broad , often petioled. | |||
| • Lip broad , abruptly deflexed from very base , flat or with deflexed sides .Sepals narrow and petals with recurved or revolute margins ; lateral sepals usually placed under the lip . | |||
Leaf solitary . |
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| Liparis cordifolia | Liparis rupestris | Liparis Thwaitesii | Liparis Glossula |
| Liparis Gamblei | Liparis diodon | ||
Leaves 2, rarely 3. |
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| Liparis nepalensis | Liparis pulchella | Liparis rostrata | Liparis catheartii |
| Liparis olivacea | Liparis campylostalix | Liparis platyphylla | Liparis wightiana |
| Liparis Beddomei | Liparis venosa | Liparis Trimenii | |
Bracts very small , short . |
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| Liparis bituberculata | Liparis macrocarpa | Liparis acuminata | Liparis barbata |
Bracts lanceolate (shorter in LIPARIS paradoxa & brachyglottis ). |
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| Liparis ferruginea | Liparis Jovis pluvii | Liparis deflexa | Liparis stenoglossa |
| Liparis paradoxa | Liparis Dalzellii | Liparis Walkeriae | Liparis atropurpurea |
| Liparis brachyglottis | Liparis biloba | ||
Sect. II. CORIIFOLIAE |
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| Leaves jointed at the base upon the leaf-sheath or on a pseudobulb, usually coriaceous . | |||
| *Leaf usually solitary on the pseudobulb. Lip as long as the lateral sepals or nearly so (when spread out). | |||
Sepals 3-nerved (obscurely in L.Prain). |
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| Liparis elegans | Liparis bootanensis | Liparis lancifolia | Liparis pachypus |
| Liparis Griffithii | Liparis Prainii | ||
Sepals 1-nerved (unknown in L. Mannii). |
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| Liparis pusilla | Liparis Mannii | Liparis Duthiei | Liparis obscura |
| ** Leaves 2 or more rarely solitary on the pseudobulb or stem . Lip as long as the lateral sepals or nearly so (when spread out ) . | |||
Sepals 3-nerved (unknown in L. Scortechini). |
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| Liparis bistriata | Liparis lacerata | Liparis plantaginea | Liparis Scortechini |
| Liparis flaccida | |||
Sepals 1 =-nerved (unknown in L. vestita). |
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| Liparis longipes | Liparis vestita | Liparis distans | Liparis condylobulbon |
| Liparis viridiflora | Liparis luteola | ||
| *** Lip minute much shorter than the sepals quadrate . Sepals straight or lateral subfalcate , margins revolute.- A peculiar group of small species . | |||
| Liparis resupinata | Liparis Ridleyi | Liparis delicatula | Liparis platyrachis |
| Liparis perpusilla | |||
Sect . III. DISTICHAE . |
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| Bracts of the short flat raceme distichous and imbricating , coriaceous ,ensiform. | |||
| Liparis disticha | Liparis compressa | ||
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