Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis']

• English: Southern slender lady's tresses

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • 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 (Bigelow) Luer (1975)

Synonyms
Basionym Neottia gracilis Bigelow, Fl. Boston., ed. 3: 345 (1840) Homotypic synonyms 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 synonyms Neottia tortilis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 589 (1813)

Inflorescences

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  Spiranthes lacera
  var. gracilis

Flowers

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  var. gracilis
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  var. gracilis
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Botanical illustrations

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  Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
  (as syn.
  Ibidium gracile)
  plate 566 in vol. 1:
  N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
  Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
  (1913)
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  Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
  (as syn.
  Ibidium beckii)
  plate 566 in vol. 1:
  N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
  Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
  (1913)
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  Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
  (as syn.
  Spiranthes gracilis)
  Fig. 373 page 728 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition 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.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis