Calopogon

Calopogon tuberosus
Typus of Calopogon

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

Overview of species (5)

C. barbatus – C. multiflorus – C. oklahomensis – C. pallidus – C. tuberosus

Name

Calopogon R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 204 (1813), nom. cons.

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

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Cathea Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 300 (1812).
  • Helleborine J.Martyn ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 665 (1891).

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, Kansas, 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

• Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London (2nd ed.) 5: 204–205.

Additional references

• 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. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Calopogon. Accessed: 2023 Jul 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Calopogon in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Calopogon. 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 Jul 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Calopogon. Accessed: 27 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Calopogon. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Calopogon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Grasspink
перем коми: Калопогон
коми: Калопогон
lietuvių: Gražiabarzdis
олык марий: Калопогон
кырык мары: Калопогон
удмурт: Калопогон

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