Corallorhiza mertensiana

Corallorhiza mertensiana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Calypsoeae
Genus: Corallorhiza
Species: Corallorhiza mertensiana

Name

Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong., Veg. Ins. Sitcha: 165 (1833)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 674 (1891)
  • Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor, Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1393 (1965)
• Heterotypic
  • Corallorhiza vancouveriana Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 100 (1909)
  • Corallorhiza purpurea L.O.Williams, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 59: 427 (1932)
  • Corallorhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 9 (1995)
  • Corallorhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 197 (1995)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bongard, A.G.H. v. 1833. Mémoires de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles 2(2): 165.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Corallorhiza mertensiana. Accessed: 2021 May 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Corallorhiza mertensiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Corallorhiza mertensiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Corallorhiza mertensiana. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Corallorhiza mertensiana. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.
• Plant Profil - USDA
• Tropicos.org 2021. Corallorhiza mertensiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Pacific coralroot, Western coralroot
français: Corallorhize de l'Ouest

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