Galearis

Galearis spectabilis
Typus of Galearis

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: Galearis

Overview of species (10)

G. camtschatica – G. cyclochila – G. fauriei – G. huanglongensis – G. roborovskii – G. rotundifolia – G. spathulata – G. spectabilis – G. tschiliensis – G. wardii

Name

Galearis Raf., Herb. Raf.: 71 (1833)

• Type species: Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf., Herb. Raf.: 72 (1833)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Galeorchis Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 292 (1901), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Aceratorchis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 328 (1922)
  • Amerorchis Hultén, Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 34 (1967 publ. 1968)
  • Chondradenia Maxim. ex F.Maek., Wild Orchids Japan Colour: 456 (1971)
  • Aorchis Verm., Jahresber. Naturwiss. Vereins Wuppertal 25: 32 (1972)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate Russian Far East Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. China China South-Central, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar, Northern America Subarctic America Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Montana, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. 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 290 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  
• Rafinesque, C.S. 1833. Herbarium Rafinesquianum, 71–72.

Additional references

• Bateman, R.M., James, K.E., Luo, Y.B., Lauri, R.K., Fulcher, T., Cribb, P.J., & Chase, M.W. (2009) Molecular phylogenetics and morphological reappraisal of the Platanthera clade (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae) prompts expansion of the generic limits of Galearis and Platanthera. Annals of Botany 104: 431–445.

Links

• 'eFloras 2009. Galearis in Flora of China vol. 25 Orchidaceae --> pdf Galearis
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galearis. Accessed: 2023 Jan 22.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Galearis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Galearis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jan 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Galearis. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jan 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Galearis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jan 2023.

Vernacular names

日本語: カモメラン属
перем коми: Галеарис
коми: Галеарис
мокшень: Галеарис
кырык мары: Галеарис
удмурт: Галеарис
中文: 盔花兰属, 根茎兰属

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