Orchis spitzelii

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Orchis spitzelii']

• العربية: سحلب سبيتزلي
• مصرى: سحلب سبيتزلى
• български: шпитцелов салеп
• čeština: Vstavač Spitzelův
• Deutsch: Spitzels Knabenkraut
• français: Orchis de Spitzel
• italiano: Orchidea di Spitzel
• latviešu: Špicela dzegužpuķe
• norsk nynorsk: Alpenøklar
• русский: Ятрышник Шпитцеля
• svenska: Alpnycklar

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Orchis • Species: Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J. Koch (1837)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Orchis patens var. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Fiori & Paol. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Italia 1: 244 (1898) Orchis patens subsp. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Á.Löve & Kjellq., Lagascalia 3: 176 (1973) Barlia spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 128 (2001) Androrchis spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) D.Tyteca & E.Klein, J. Eur. Orch. 40: 543 (2008) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis patens var. fontanesii Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 51 (1851) Orchis patens var. orientalis Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 51 (1851) Orchis spitzelii f. sendtneri Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 40 (1851) Orchis patens var. atlantica Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Alger: 194 (1884) Orchis patens subsp. orientalis (Rchb.f.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 269 (1890) Orchis viridifusca Albov, Prodr. Fl. Colchic.: 229 (1895) Orchis orientalis (Rchb.f.) Klinge, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 182 (1898) Orchis patens f. orientalis (Rchb.f.) E.G.Camus, Monogr. Orchid.: 143 (1908) Orchis mrkvickana Velen., Reliq. Mrkvic.: 29 (1922) Orchis maireana G.Keller, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 167 (1932) Orchis patens var. viridifusca (Albov) Soó in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 2: 167 (1932) Orchis spitzelii var. gotlandica B.Pett., Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 13: 174 (1940) Orchis spitzelii subsp. gotlandica (B.Pett.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Icel. Univ. Inst. Appl. Sci. Rep. 3: 103 (1948) Orchis bungii Hautz., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 81: 38 (1978) Orchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 267 (2005) Orchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 925 (2005) Orchis spitzelii f. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 88: 248 (2007) Androrchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch. 41: 352 (2009) Androrchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch. 41: 352 (2009)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  deformed flowers

Natural habitats

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  Vercors, Orchis spitzelii
  grows on mountain slopes

Botanical illustrations

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  Orchis spitzelii
  plate 439 in vol. 4:
  Anton Hartinger:
  Atlas der Alpenflora
  (Orchidaceae),
  (1882)
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  Orchis spitzelii
  plate 52 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Orchis spitzelii
  Tafel 30 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

Subspecies

Orchis spitzelii subsp. spitzelii

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Sweden (Gotland). Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Germany †. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Baleares, Corse, France, Spain.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Orchis spitzelii.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Orchis spitzelii