Sacoila lanceolata

Sacoila lanceolata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Sacoila
Species: Sacoila lanceolata

Name

Sacoila lanceolata (Aubl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28(4): 352. 1982 (1980 publ. 1982).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum lanceolatum Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 821 (1775).
• Homotypic
  • Neottia lanceolata (Aubl.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 73 (1805).
  • Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum (Aubl.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817).
  • Gyrostachys lanceolata (Aubl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Spiranthes lanceolata (Aubl.) León, Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio De Le Salle 8: 358 (1946).
  • Sacoila paludicola (Luer) P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 14: 187 (2008).
• Heterotypic
  • Satyrium orchioides Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 118 (1788).
  • Serapias neottia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat.: 59 (1791).
  • Neottia orchioides (Sw.) Sw., Fl. Ind. Occid. 3: 1411 (1806).
  • Ibidium crystalligerum Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 292 (1812), nom. illeg.
  • Stenorrhynchos orchioides (Sw.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817).
  • Neottia aphylla Hook., Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2797 (1827).
  • Neottia plantaginea Hook., Exot. Fl. 3: t. 226 (1827), nom. illeg.
  • Stenorrhynchos aphyllum (Hook.) Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 485 (1830).
  • Serapias aphylla Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 57 (1831).
  • Serapias coccinea Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 48 (1831).
  • Serapias tomentosa Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 51 (1831).
  • Sacoila lurida Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 86 (1837).
  • Stenorrhynchos australe Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 477 (1840).
  • Stenorrhynchos orchioides var. plantagineum Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 478 (1840).
  • Spiranthes orchioides (Sw.) A.Rich., R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 252 (1850).
  • Stenorrhynchos australe var. luteoalbum Rchb.f., Otia Bot. Hamburg.: 83 (1881).
  • Gyrostachys aphylla (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Gyrostachys orchioides (Sw.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Gyrostachys stenorhynchus Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Spiranthes jaliscana S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 153 (1891).
  • Stenorrhynchos orchioides var. australe Kraenzl., Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Paleontol. 5: 296 (1893).
  • Stenorrhynchos jaliscanum (S.Watson) [[George Valentine Nash|]], Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 158 (1895).
  • Stenorrhynchos sancti-antonii Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36(80): 8 (1905).
  • Stenorrhynchos apetalum Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 23 (1908).
  • Stenorrhynchos sancti-jacobi Kraenzl., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 23 (1908).
  • Stenorrhynchos riograndense Kraenzl., Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.s., 46(10): 28 (1911).
  • Stenorrhynchos guatemalense Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 376 (1918).
  • Pelexia aphylla (Vell.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 400 (1920), nom. illeg.
  • Pelexia tomentosa (Vell.) Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 406 (1920).
  • Stenorrhynchos secundiflorum Lillo & Hauman, Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 90: 134 (1920).
  • Stenorrhynchos coccineum (Vell.) Hoehne, Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 2: 146 (1952).
  • Spiranthes lanceolata var. paludicola Luer, Florida Orchidist 14: 19 (1971), no type indicated.
  • Spiranthes lanceolata var. luteoalba (Rchb.f.) Luer, Native Orchids Florida: 120 (1972).
  • Stenorrhynchos cinnabarinum var. luteoalbus (Rchb.f.) W.J.Schrenk, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 103 (1977).
  • Stenorrhynchos cinnabarinum var. paludicola (Luer) W.J.Schrenk, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 99 (1977).
  • Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum var. luteoalbum (Rchb.f.) W.J.Schrenk, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 103 (1977).
  • Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum var. paludicola (Luer) W.J.Schrenk, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 103 (1977).
  • Sacoila apetala (Kraenzl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 351 (1980 publ. 1982).
  • Sacoila riograndensis (Kraenzl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 352 (1980 publ. 1982).
  • Sacoila secundiflora (Lillo & Hauman) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 352 (1980 publ. 1982).
  • Skeptrostachys sancti-jacobi (Kraenzl.) Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 28: 360 (1980 publ. 1982).
  • Sacoila lanceolata var. luteoalba (Rchb.f.) Sauleda, Wunderlin & B.F.Hansen, Phytologia 56: 308 (1984) .
  • Sacoila lanceolata var. paludicola (Luer) Sauleda, Wunderlin & B.F.Hansen, Phytologia 56: 308 (1984), nom. inval.
  • Sacoila lanceolata f. albidaviridis Catling & Sheviak, Lindleyana 8: 77 (1993).
  • Sacoila lanceolata var. australis (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 437 (1994).
  • Sacoila lanceolata var. secundiflora (Lillo & Hauman) Szlach., Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 39: 437 (1994).
  • Pachygenium aphyllum (Vell.) Szlach., R.González & Rutk., Polish Bot. J. 46: 4 (2001).
  • Sacoila lanceolata f. luteoalba (Rchb.f.) Meneguzzo, Neodiversity 5: 24 (2010).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central. Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Garay, L.A. (1980). Botanical Museum Leaflets 28(4): 352.

Additional references

• Brown, P.M. 1999. North American Native Orchid Journal, Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 2. A Striking New Color Form of Sacoila lanceolata. 5 (2): 169–173.
• Brown, P.M. 2009. North American Native Orchid Journal, The genus Sacoila (Orchidaceae) in the continental United States. 14 (3): 193–199.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 244 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Sacoila lanceolata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Aug 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. Sacoila lanceolata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2026. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Aug 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. {{subst:CNTYEAR}}. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Sacoila lanceolata. Accessed: 28 Aug {{subst:CNTYEAR}}. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Sacoila lanceolata. Published online. Accessed: 28 Aug 2026. Reference page.

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