Calopogon pallidus

Calopogon pallidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Arethuseae
Subtribus: Arethusinae
Genus: Calopogon
Species: Calopogon pallidus

Name

Calopogon pallidus Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 457 (1860)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Helleborine pallida (Chapm.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 665 (1891)
  • Limodorum pallidum (Chapm.) Mohr, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 23 (1897)
• Heterotypic
  • Calopogon pallidus f. albiflorus P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 8 (1995)

References

• Chapman, A.W. 1860. Flora of the southern United States 457.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 22 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Calopogon pallidus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 April 226.
• Emonocot.org 2016. Calopogon pallidus in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 April 22.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Calopogon pallidus . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 April 22.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Calopogon pallidus. Published online. Accessed 22. April 2016.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America  Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

English: pale grasspink, Pale grass-pink

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