Orchis purpurea

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: Orchis
Subgenus: Orchis subg. Orchis
Sectio: Orchis sect. Orchis
Species: Orchis purpurea
Subspecies: (2)
O. purpurea. subsp. caucasica – O. purpurea. subsp. purpurea

Name edit

Orchis purpurea Huds., Fl. Angl.: 334 (1762)

Synonyms edit

Homotypic
- Orchis militaris var. purpurea (Huds.) Huds., Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 384 (1778)
- Orchis purpurea f. vulgaris Leimbach in H.Potonié, Ill. Fl., ed. 3: 140 (1887), nom. inval.

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria.
Asia-Temperate
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Western Asia
  - East Aegean Islands, Turkey.

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

References edit

Hudson, W. (1762) Flora Anglica 334.
Kretzschmar, H., Eccarius, W. & Dietrich, H. 2007. Die Orchideengattungen Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea. EchinoMedia-Verlag, Bürgel. Table of contents. ISBN 978-3937-10711-0. Reference page.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 333 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Orchis purpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2012 June 3. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2014. Orchis purpurea in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 17.
Tropicos.org 2012. Orchis purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 June 2012.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Orchis purpurea. Published online. Accessed: 7. June 2012.

Vernacular names edit

azərbaycanca: Purpur səhləb
čeština: Vstavač nachový
Deutsch: Purpur-Knabenkraut, Purper-Knabenkraut
English: Lady Orchid, Lady orchid
español: Orquídea púrpura
français: Orchis pourpré, Orchis pourpré
hornjoserbsce: Bahorowa pihawka
magyar: Bíboros kosbor
italiano: Orchide maggiore
Lëtzebuergesch: Purpurrout Bouwekraut
Nederlands: Purperorchis, Purperorchis
polski: Storczyk purpurowy
русский: Ятрышник пурпурный
slovenščina: Škrlatnordeča kukavica

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