Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Spiranthinae
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: Spiranthes lacera
Varietas: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

Name

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis (Bigelow) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 112 (1975).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Neottia gracilis Bigelow, Fl. Boston., ed. 3: 345 (1840).
• Homotypic
  • Gyrostachys gracilis (Bigelow) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Ibidium gracile (Bigelow) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 381 (1905).
  • Triorchis gracilis (Bigelow) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 123 (1913).
• Heterotypic
  • Neottia tortilis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 589 (1813), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis Northern America Eastern Canada Nova Scotia, Ontario. 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. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Luer, C.A. 1975. The Native Orchids of the United States and Canada 112.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis. Accessed: 2023 Jul 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis. Accessed: 24 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Southern slender lady's tresses

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