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	~~{{Taxobox~~		#REDIRECT [[Platanthera]]
	~~\| color = lightgreen~~
	~~\| name = Piperia~~
	~~\| image = Pyadoniijohngame.jpeg~~
	~~\| image_width = 250px~~
	~~\| image_caption = '''''Piperia yadonii. Photo credit: John Game~~
	~~\| regnum =~~ [[~~Plant]]ae~~
	~~\| divisio = [[Flowering plant\|Magnoliophyta]]~~
	~~\| classis = [[Monocotyledon\|Liliopsida]]~~
	~~\| ordo = [[Asparagales]]~~
	~~\| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]~~
	~~\| genus = '''''Piperia'''''~~
	~~\| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu\|Juss.]]~~
	}}

	'''Piperia''' is a [[genus]] of the [[orchid]] family ''[[Orchidaceae]]''. This genus has the following characteristics: (a) a [[bisexual]] [[Perennial plant\|perennial]] nongreen plant that grows from buried [[tuber]]s; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) [[pollen]] that is sticky, and which is removed as [[sessile]] [[anther]] [[sac]]s; and (d) [[stigma]] fused with its [[style]] into a column. There are a total of eight species in the genus ''Piperia'', which is named for American [[botanist]] [[Charles V. Piper]]. The genus members manifest generally cylindrical spikes or [[raceme]]s.

	The subsurface architecture of these terrestrial wild orchids consists of a [[rhizome]] structure, from which emanate [[tuber]]s. The rhizome extracts nutrients from fungal intermediates and may also store some of these nutrients. A basal rosette of leaves develops from the tuber at the surface of the soil, each of the two or three leaves being [[lanceolate]] in shape.<ref name="Morgan">Morgan & Ackerman, Lindleyana 5:205–211 (1990)</ref> Each leaf ranges from 10 to 15 centimeters in length and 20 to35 millimeters in width. Leaves of younger plants are often more diminutive in size.

	~~''[[Piperia yadonii]]'' exhibits a single veined flower one to two millimeters in width and a [[anatomical terms of location\|basal]] [[rosette (botany)\|rosette]] leaf formation.~~

	~~== References==~~
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	~~</div>~~

	~~==See also==~~
	*[[Piperia yadonii]]
	*[[Symbiosis]]

	~~[[Category:Orchid genera~~]]

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Piperia
| image = Pyadoniijohngame.jpeg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = '''''Piperia yadonii. Photo credit: John Game
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = '''''Piperia'''''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
}}

'''Piperia''' is a [[genus]] of the [[orchid]] family ''[[Orchidaceae]]''. This genus has the following characteristics: (a) a [[bisexual]] [[Perennial plant|perennial]] nongreen plant that grows from buried [[tuber]]s; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) [[pollen]] that is sticky, and which is removed as [[sessile]] [[anther]] [[sac]]s; and (d) [[stigma]] fused with its [[style]] into a column. There are a total of eight species in the genus ''Piperia'', which is named for American [[botanist]] [[Charles V. Piper]]. The genus members manifest generally cylindrical spikes or [[raceme]]s.

The subsurface architecture of these terrestrial wild orchids consists of a [[rhizome]] structure, from which emanate [[tuber]]s. The rhizome extracts nutrients from fungal intermediates and may also store some of these nutrients. A basal rosette of leaves develops from the tuber at the surface of the soil, each of the two or three leaves being [[lanceolate]] in shape.<ref name="Morgan">Morgan & Ackerman, Lindleyana 5:205–211 (1990)</ref> Each leaf ranges from 10 to 15 centimeters in length and 20 to35 millimeters in width. Leaves of younger plants are often more diminutive in size.

''[[Piperia yadonii]]'' exhibits a single veined flower one to two millimeters in width and a [[anatomical terms of location|basal]] [[rosette (botany)|rosette]] leaf formation.

== References==
<div style="font-size:90%;">
<references />
</div>

==See also==
*[[Piperia yadonii]]
*[[Symbiosis]]

[[Category:Orchid genera]]

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