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|accepted_name=Stenorrhynchos
|accepted_authority=Richard ex Sprengel
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Veg.
|place=3: 709. 1826
|year=1826
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae;Stenorrhynchos
|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 Spiranthinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stenorrhynchos]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek stenos, narrow, and rhynchos, snout, alluding to the narrow rostellum on the column
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 499
|treatment_page=page 545
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, terrestrial. <b>Roots</b> fascicled, fleshy. <b>Stems</b> with foliaceous sheaths. <b>Leaves</b> flat at maturity. <b>Inflorescences</b> densely flowered racemes. <b>Flowers</b> resupinate, without mentum or spur; perianth parts distinct and free, basally connivent, forming tube, apically recurved; lip elliptic-lanceolate, base truncate or slightly cordate, apex free, acute; calli barely raised on either side of basal claw extending onto base of lamina of lip where hairy; column not inflated adaxially at base, extended obliquely on top of ovary only very slightly; anther entire; viscidium narrowly elliptic, sheathing rostellum; stigma nearly terminal; rostellum well developed, needlelike. <b>Fruits</b> capsules.</span><!--

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|distribution=Tropical regions;Western Hemisphere.
|discussion=<p>Species 9 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=ames1935a
|text=Ames, O. and C. Schweinfurth. 1935. Nomenclatural studies in Malaxis and Spiranthes. Bot. Mus. Leafl. 3: 113–133.
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name=Stenorrhynchos
|author=Paul M. Catling;Paul Martin Brown
|authority=Richard ex Sprengel
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subtribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|distribution=Tropical regions;Western Hemisphere.
|reference=ames1935a
|publication title=Syst. Veg.
|publication year=1826
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Cranichideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Cranichideae) subtribe Spiranthinae
|genus=Stenorrhynchos
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