basal, petiolate, rarely withered during anthesis. Scape erect, 
vaginate to bracteate, terminated by a loosely to densely, many- 
flowered spike. Flowers commonly medium to large in size. 
TYPE: Satyrium adnatum Sw. 
67 species native to the tropics and subtropics of the New 
World. 
Index to species 
acianthiformis Rchb.f. & Warm. = Nothostele acianthiformis (Rchb.f. & 
Warm.) Garay 
adnata (Sw.) Spreng. 
albicans (Cogn.) Schltr. 
aphylla Ridl. 1886 = Sarcoglottis aphylla (Ridl.) Schltr. 
aphylla (Vell.) Schltr. 1920 = Pelexia Arrabidae (Rchb.f.) Garay 
Pelexia Arrabidae (Rchb.f.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Stenorrhynchus Arrabidae Rchb.f. in Linnaea 22: 815, 1850. 
Berroana (Krzl.) Schltr. = Skeptrostachys Berroana (Krzl.) Garay 
bonariensis (Lind1.) Schltr. 
Bradei Schltr. ex Mansf. 
Burgeri Schltr. 
bursaria Lindl. = Erythrodes plantaginea (L.) Fawc. & Rend. 
calcarata (Sw.) Cogn. = Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & Sweet 
callifera (C. Schweinf.) Garay 
callosa Ames 1924 = Pelexia Funckiana (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
callosa Correa 1953 = Pelexia bonariensis (Lindl.) Schltr. 
calophylla (Porsch) Schltr. = Pelexia novofriburgensis (Rchb.f.) Garay 
Caucae Schltr. 
Pelexia cerina (Lindl.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Spiranthes cerina Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 28: Misc. p. 20, 1842. 
comosa (Cogn.) Schltr. 
congesta A. & S. = Pelexia Funckiana (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
corymbosa (Lindl.) Lindl. = Sauroglossum corymbosum (Lind].) Garay 
cranichoides Griseb. = Beadlea cranichoides (Griseb.) Small 
cuculligera (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Schltr. 
Pelexia decora (Garay) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Spiranthes decora Garay in Can. Journ. Bot. 34: 248, 1956. 
dolichorhiza Schltr. 
domingensis Lind]. = Eletroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & Sweet 
ecuadorensis Schltr. 
Ekmanii (Krzl.) Schltr. 
falcata (Thunb.) Spreng. = Cephalanthera falcata (Thunb.) Bl. 
Fiebrigii Schltr. = Pelexia Mandonii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
foliosa Poepp. & Endl. = Aspidogyne foliosa (Poepp. & Endl.) Garay 
Funckiana (Rich. & Gal.) Schltr. 
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