Galearis spectabilis

Galearis spectabilis

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
Species: Galearis spectabilis

Name

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

• Type species

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis spectabilis L., Sp. Pl.: 943 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Habenaria spectabilis (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 689 (1826) .
  • Galeorchis spectabilis (L.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 292 (1901).
• Heterotypic
  • Orchis humilis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 155 (1803).
  • Galearis biflora Raf., Herb. Raf.: 72 (1833).
  • Orchis spectabilis var. lilacina Ames, Amer. Gardening 21: 375 (1901).
  • Galeorchis spectabilis f. gordinieri House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 50: 243 (1923).
  • Orchis spectabilis f. gordinieri Weath., Bull. Connecticut State Geol. Surv. 48: 39 (1931)
  • Orchis spectabilis f. albiflora Ulke, Castanea 3: 70 (1938).
  • Orchis spectabilis f. willeyi F.Seym., Rhodora 72: 48 (1970).
  • Galearis spectabilis f. gordinieri (House) R.E.Whiting & Catling, Naturaliste Canad. 109: 277 (1982).
  • Galearis spectabilis f. albiflora (Ulke) C.F.Reed, Phytologia 63: 410 (1987).
  • Galearis spectabilis f. willeyi (F.Seym.) P.M.Br., Wild Fl. Notes 3: 16 (1988).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec, 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 Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Southwestern 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

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1853. Herbarium Rafinesquianum 2.

Additional 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
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Galearis spectabilis. Accessed: 2024 Mar 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Galearis spectabilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Galearis spectabilis. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Galearis spectabilis. Accessed: 15 Mar 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Galearis spectabilis. Published online. Accessed: 15 Mar 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Galearis spectabilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Mar 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Showy orchid

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