Spiranthes torta

Spiranthes torta

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 torta

Name

Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet in R.A.Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles, Orchid.: 77 (1974).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Ophrys torta Thunb., Mus. Nat. Acad. Ups. (Dissert.) 9: 136 (1791).
• Heterotypic
  • Ophrys peruviana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 816 (1775).
  • Satyrium spirale Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 118 (1788).
  • Ophrys quinquelobata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 568 (1798).
  • Neottia quadridentata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 73 (1805).
  • Neottia tortilis Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 51 (1805).
  • Spiranthes tortilis (Sw.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817).
  • Spiranthes quadridentata (Willd.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 823 (1824).
  • Spiranthes laxiflora Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 88 (1837).
  • Spiranthes apiculata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 474 (1840).
  • Gyrostachys apiculata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891).
  • Ibidium tortile (Sw.) House, Muhlenbergia 1: 129 (1906).
  • Ibidium xyridifolium Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 319 (1913).
  • Spiranthes swartzii E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 342 (1914).
  • Spiranthes quinquelobata (Poir.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 305 (1918).
  • Spiranthes amesiana Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 37(2): 3348 (1920).
  • Triorchis spiralis (Sw.) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 206 (1920), nom. superfl.
  • Ibidium quinquelobatum (Poir.) Acuña, Bol. Estaçión Exp. Agron. Santiago de las Vegas 60: 33 (1939).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Spiranthes torta Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Garay, L.A. & Sweet, H.R. 1974. Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands 1: 77.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Spiranthes torta. Accessed: 2023 Jul 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Spiranthes torta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jul 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Spiranthes torta. 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 25. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Spiranthes torta. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Spiranthes torta. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Spiranthes torta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Jul 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Southern lady's tresses

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