Malaxis unifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Malaxis unifolia Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 157 (1803)

Homotypic
- Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf., Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808), genus not validated.
Homotypic
- Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 51 (1888)
Heterotypic
- Orchis ophioglossoides Walter, Fl. Carol.: 220 (1788)
- Malaxis ophioglossoides Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 90 (1805)
- Microstylis ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. ex Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 3: 353 (1822)
- Prescottia ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg., 3: 706 (1826)
- Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1290 (1829)
- Achroanthes laxiflora Raf., New Fl. 1: 58 (1836)
- Achroanthes obtusifolia Raf., New Fl. 1: 58 (1836)
- Malaxis thlaspiformis A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 18 (1845)
- Microstylis grisebachiana Fawc. & Rendle, J. Bot. 47: 7 (1909)
- Malaxis grisebachiana (Fawc. & Rendle) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1: 43 (1910)
- Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia Mousley, Orchid Rev. 35: 163 (1927)
- Malaxis unifolia f. variegata Mousley, Orchid Rev. 35: 164 (1927)
- Malaxis amplexicolumna E.W.Greenw. & R.González, Orquidea (Mexico City), n.s., 8: 123 (1981)
- Microstylis unifolia var. bifolia (Mousley) Marg., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 109: 186 (2007 publ. 2008)

Native distribution areas:

Northern America
- Western Canada
  - Manitoba..
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, 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, District of Columbia.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras.
- Caribbean
  - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Malaxis unifolia. Accessed: 2021 Nov 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Malaxis unifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Malaxis unifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Malaxis unifolia. 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 Nov 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Malaxis unifolia. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Malaxis unifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Nov 2021.

English: Green adder's-mouth orchid

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