Pseudogoodyera Schltr. in Beith. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 369, 
1920. 
Etymology: Pseudo = false and Goodyera = generic name, 
signifying the mistaken assignment of the type 
species to the genus Goodyera. 
Sepals similar, free to base; dorsal sepal concave; lateral 
sepals oblique at base. Petals for the most part with inner mar- 
gins agglutinate to dorsal sepal, the apex free, basally not decur- 
rent. Lip from a broadly cuneate-unguiculate base cordate- 
cochleate, rather fleshy with thin margins and with a transverse 
ridge above the base on the disc. Column very short, arcuate, 
minutely puberulent in front, basally produced in a short, 
somewhat incurved foot on top of ovary; stigmata 2, confluent, 
transversely reniform; rostellum rather short, trapezoid, emar- 
ginate. Anther broadly ovate-elliptic, obtuse to rounded at apex; 
pollinia clavate with a small, oval to subrotund viscidium. Ovary 
sessile, fusiform, slightly twisted. 
Terrestrial, delicate plants with caespitose, fleshy, more or less 
fusiform roots. Leaves basal, petiolate, rosulate. Stem erect, 
rather slender, heavy bracteolate throughout, terminated by a 
rather densely, many-flowered, quaquaversal spike. Flowers 
minute, subglobose. 
TYPE: Goodvera Wrightii Rchb.f. 
One species native to Mexico, Guatemala and the West 
Indies. 
Index to species 
Wrightii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 
Pterichis Lind]. 
Widgrenii (Rchb.f.) Cogn. = Brachystele Widgrenti (Rehb.f.) Schltr. 
Pteroglossa Schltr. in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 450, 1920. 
Etymology: Preron = wing and glossa = tongue, in refer- 
ence to the prominent lateral lobes of the lip in 
the plants originally assigned to the genus. 
Syn.: Cogniauxiocharis (Schlitr.) Hoehne in Arq. Bot. Estad. 
S. Paulo, ser. 2, 1: 132, 1944. 
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