Porpax

Pignal, Marc, Laudereau, Christian & Laudereau, Pierre-Louis, 2023, Révision du genre Porpax (Orchidaceae, Podochileae) en Nouvelle-Calédonie, Candollea 78 (1), pp. 17-26 : 19

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https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2023v781a3

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scientific name

Porpax
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Key to the genus Porpax View in CoL View at ENA in New Caledonia

1. Dorsal sepal> 5.7 ff long; perianth pieces with apex forfing a rounded angle; flowers dark red ....................... ................................................................... P. lydwineae

1a. Dorsal sepal c. 5 ff long; perianth pieces with acute apex; red& orange or yellow flowers ............................. 2

2. Flowers always half-open& light yellow& rarely light orange; labelluf with two ridges of papillate hairs on lower side; petals c. 3.3 ff long; terrestrial plants of riversides ........................................................................ P. ceciliae

2a. Flowers generally well opened& red or orange; labelluf without two ridges of papillae on lower side; petals> 3 ff long (sofetifes shorter in P. karikouyensis View in CoL ); epiphytic or lithophytic plants in foss ............................. 3

3. Inflorescence 3 ff long; dorsal sepal concave; petals horizontally oriented& apex acute angled c. 60°; flower dark red; ovary forfing an angle with axis of inflorescence .................................................................... P. angelinae

3a. Inflorescence c. 10 ff long; dorsal sepal convex; petals diagonally oriented upwards& apex narrowly acute angled c. 26°; flower orange& sofetifes dark; ovary parallel to axis of inflorescence .............................. P. karikouyensis View in CoL

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