TABLE 1 in Brachystele guayanensis is a Cyclopogon (Orchidaceae): notes on its biology and taxonomy

TABLE 1. Comparative morphology of Brachystele sensu stricto with genera in the major clades Cyclopogon and Pelexia - Sarcoglottis. Cyclopogon s.l. includes B. guayanensis. *Length of dorsal sepal. BS = bootstrap, according to Salazar et al. (2018). Character/Cyclopogon Major Clade (BS=94)Pelexia-Sarcoglottis Major Clade (BS=68)GenusBrachystele s.s.Cyclopogon s.l.Cyclopogon s.s.VeyretiaPachygeniumPelexiaSarcoglottispseudo petioleindistinct from bladedistinct or indistinct from bladedistinct or indistinct from bladeindistinct from bladeindistinct from bladedistinct from bladedistinct or indistinct from bladeleaf shapeelliptic, ovate, lanceolateelliptic, orbicular, ovate, lanceolateelliptic, orbicular, ovate, lanceolatelinearlanceolate, oblanceolateovate, ellipticelliptic, ovate, lanceolate, oblanceolateflowers per inflorescencemostly 50 or moremostly 10–30, 50 or moremostly 10–30up to 6 or 12mostly 10–20mostly up to 6up to 4 or 10–30flower length*up to 1 cmup to 1 cmup to 1 cmup to 1 cmmostly 1.5–2.5 cmmostly 1.5–2.5 cmmostly 1.5–2.5 cmlateral sepal adnation<1/2 flower length<1/2 flower length<1/2 flower length1/2 flower length>1/2 flower length>1/2 flower length>1/2 flower lengthlabellum apexacuteobtuse, rounded, emarginateobtuse, rounded, emarginateobtuse, roundedobtuse, rounded, truncateobtuse, rounded, truncateobtuse, rounded, truncaterostellumtransversally elliptic, transversally oblongtransversally elliptic or oblong, oblong, narrowly triangular, obdeltoidoblong, narrowly triangular, obdeltoidoblong, obdeltoidoblong, narrowly triangularoblong, narrowly triangularoblong, narrowly triangularrostellum remnantemarginateemarginate, truncate, roundedemarginate, truncate, roundedemarginate, truncate, roundedtruncate, obtuse, roundedtruncate, obtuse, roundedrounded, acutespurabsentabsentabsentabsentpresent, ventricosepresent, fusiformabsentcuniculusabsentabsentabsentpresent, bifidabsentabsentpresent, entire