Genus Thelasis section Oxyanthera
Genus Thelasis Blume section Oxyanthera (Brogn.) J.D.Hook.
Synonyms:
- Genus Oxyanthera Brongn. in L.I. Duperrey, Voy. Monde (1834) 197
- Genus Phreatia Lindl. section Diplostypus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1(1913) 908.
- Genus Rhynchophreatia Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56 (1921) 488
Sympodial epiphytic plants. Stem short. Leaves 6-11, sheathing at the base, glabrous, dorso-ventrally flattened, articulate, duplicate, leathery. Inflorescence lateral from the base of the stem, a raceme. Flowers small, resupinate, whitish. Sepals free. Petals free, as long as the dorsal sepal but narrower. Lip without spur, not mobile. Column-foot present, very short. Rostellum narrowly triangular, apex bifid. Pollinia 8, solid-waxy, caudicles present, stipe absent, viscidium present.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Podochileae
- Subtribe Thelasiinae
- Genus Thelasis
- Section Hemithelasis
Genus Thelasis section Hemithelasis in New Guinea contains 5 species:
Thelasis angustifolia
Thelasis gautierensis
Thelasis mamberamensis
Thelasis phreatioides
Thelasis sphaerocarpa
Thelasis wariana
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Genus Thelasis section Oxyanthera
Thelasis sphaerocarpa (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., inflorescence, photo A. Schuiteman, based on Leiden cult. 20031633