Calopogon tuberosus

Calopogon tuberosus

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 tuberosus
Varietates: (2)
C. t. var. simpsonii – C. t. var. tuberosus

Name

Calopogon tuberosus (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 52. (1888)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum tuberosum L., Sp. Pl.: 950. (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Helleborine tuberosa (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 665 (1891)
  • Cathea tuberosa (L.) Morong, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 34 (1893)
  • Bletia tuberosa (L.) Ames, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 45: 1 (1932)
• Heterotypic
  • Calopogon tuberosus f. albiflorus Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890)
  • Calopogon pulchellus Fernald, Rhodora 23: 245 (1921 publ. 1922), nom. illeg.
  • Calopogon pulchellus f. albiflorus (Britton) Fernald, Rhodora 23: 245 (1922)
  • Limodorum tuberosum f. albiflorum House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 47 (1923)
  • Limodorum tuberosum f. linariifolium House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 49 (1923)
  • Cathea pulchella f. albiflora (Britton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 244 (1924)
  • Cathea pulchella f. latifolia (Britton) House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 244 (1924)
  • Cathea pulchella f. linearifolia House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 254: 244 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada Manitoba. Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Southern America Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. , Sterns, E.E. & Poggenburg, J.F. 1888. Preliminary Catalogue of Anthophyta and Pteridophyta Reported as Growing Spontaneously within One Hundred Miles of New York 52.
• 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. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2020. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calopogon tuberosus. Accessed: 2020 Oct 7.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Calopogon tuberosus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 7. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Calopogon tuberosus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 7. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Calopogon tuberosus. Published online. Accessed 7 Oct 2020.
• The Plant List 2013. Calopogon tuberosus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 7.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Calopogon tuberosus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 7.

Vernacular names

English: Tuberous grass pink

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