Spiranthes cernua

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spiranthes cernua']

• English: Nodding lady's tresses
• العربية: لولوبة منحنية
• مصرى: لولوبه منحنيه
• فارسی: اسپیرانتس سرنوآ
• français: Spiranthe penchée
• 中文: 俯花綬草
• 中文（简体）: 俯花绶草
• 中文（繁體）: 俯花綬草
• 中文（香港）: 俯花綬草

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 cernua (L.) Rich. (1817)

Synonyms

Basionym Ophrys cernua L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 946 (1763). Homotypic synonyms Neottia cernua (L.) Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 52 (1805). Gyrostachys cernua (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891). Ibidium cernuum (L.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 381 (1905). Triorchis cernuus (L.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 122 (1913). Heterotypic synonyms Limodorum autumnale Thomas Walter, Fl. Carol.: 221 (1788). Spiranthes petiolaris Raf., Herb. Raf.: 45 (1833). Spiranthes annua Lesq. ex Branner & Coville, Rep. Geol. Surv. Arkansas 4: 222 (1888 publ. 1891). Gyrostachys constricta John Kunkel Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 609 (1898). Spiranthes constricta (Small) K.Schum., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 339 (1898). Spiranthes cernua var. ochroleuca Oakes Ames, Orchidaceae 1: 145 (1905). Spiranthes parksii Correll, Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 16: 400 (1947).

Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Buds

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Botanical illustrations

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  Spiranthes cernua
  (as syn.
  Neottia cernua)
  plate 1568 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 38,
  (1813)
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  plate 823 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 10,
  (1824)
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  Spiranthes cernua
  plate 5277 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 87,
  (1861)
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  plate 565 in vol. 1:
  N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
  Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
  (1913)
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  (as syn.
  Ibidium cernuum)
  page 80 in:
  Homer D. House:
  Wild Flowers of New York
  (Orchidaceae)
  New York (1918)
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  Spiranthes cernua
  Fig. 372/8 page 726 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 Northern America Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, 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, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

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