Pseudorchis

Pseudorchis albida (Typus)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Pseudorchis

Overview of species

P. albida – P. straminea

Name

Pseudorchis Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 254 (1754)

• Type species: Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Taxon 18: 312 (1969)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Leucorchis E.Mey., Preuss. Pfl.-Gatt.: 50 (1839), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Triplorhiza Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 149 (1789)
  • Polybactrum Salisb., Monthly Rev. 75: 80 (1814)
  • Bicchia Parl., Fl. Ital. 3: 396 (1860)

Homonym

• Pseudorchis Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 213 (1821), nom. illeg. vide: Liparis Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 30 (1817), nom. cons.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium †, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Netherlands †, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, North European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Russian Far East Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin. Northern America Subarctic America Greenland. Eastern Canada Newfoundland, Québec. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 357 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  
• Séguier, J-F. 1754. Plantae Veronenses 3: 254.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pseudorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Pseudorchis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Pseudorchis. Published online. Accessed 21 May 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Pseudorchis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Pseudorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 21.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Höswurz
English: Bog orchid
hornjoserbsce: Kukawka
кырык мары: Псевдорхис
norsk: Hvitkurleslekta
русский: Псевдорхис

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