Habenaria repens

Taxonavigation edit

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: Habenaria
Species: Habenaria repens
Varietates: (2)
H. r. var. maxillaris – H. r. var. repens

Name edit

Habenaria repens Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 190 (1818)

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Mesicera repens (Nutt.) Raf., Neogenyton: 4 (1825)
    • Platanthera repens (Nutt.) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot.: 685 (1861)
    • Orchis repens (Nutt.) Alph.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl.: 328 (1870)

References edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
    • Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma.
    • Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina.
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago.
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá.
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Paraguay, Uruguay.
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names edit

English: Waterspider bog orchid


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