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|accepted_name=Cranichis
|accepted_authority=Swartz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Prodr.,
|place=8, 120. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Helmet orchid
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae;Cranichis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cranichis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kranos, helmet, for helmetlike appearance of lip
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 498
|treatment_page=page 546
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>terrestrial, sympodial. <b>Roots</b> several, fasciculate, thick, villous. <b>Stems</b> simple, rhizomatous. <b>Leaves</b> 1–many, often forming basal rosette; blade petiolate, not articulate, thin. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, several- to many-flowered racemes, erect; scape with a few sheathing bracts. <b>Flowers</b> not resupinate; sepals and petals spreading, distinct, thin; lip concave, fleshy; column cylindric, short; anther erect, abaxial; pollinia 4, clavate, mealy, breaking apart in chunks, not powdery, attached to caudicle; stigma entire; rostellum apical, viscidium terminal; ovary pedicellate. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, erect.</span><!--

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|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>Species 60 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Cranichis
|author=James D. Ackerman
|authority=Swartz
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Subtropical and tropical regions;North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Prodr.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Cranichidinae
|genus=Cranichis
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