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Oncidium
Family:
Orchidaceae
Jake Antonio Heaton
FNA
Resources
Mark W. ChaseChase, Mark W. in Flora of North America (vol. 26)
Herbs, epiphytic or terrestrial, ± cespitose. Stems pseudobulbs, green, ovoid. Leaves persistent, 1-3, not recurved; blade conduplicate, linear-lanceolate, dorsiventrally flattened, margins entire. Inflorescences paniculate racemes, lateral branches to 10[-42] cm; bracts narrowly triangular. Flowers resupinate; sepals and petals distinct and free, oblong-elliptic, obovate to nearly quadrangular or nearly circular, apex retuse to obtuse, sometimes apiculate; lip pandurate, 3-lobed; callus prominent warty-tuberculate-fringed; column with wings, arms, or fingerlike projections; stigmatic cavity ± round; rostellum not prominent. Fruits capsules. Oncidium is a large polymorphic, and probably paraphyletic, assemblage.
Species within inventory project:
UF CONSERVATION AREAS
Oncidium ensatum
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Oncidium sotoanum
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Oncidium sphacelatum
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Oncidium undulatum
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This project made possible through support from the UF Planning, Design & Construction and the UF Office of Sustainability
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