Habenaria monorrhiza

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Habenaria monorrhiza']

• English: Tropical bog orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Habenaria • Species: Habenaria monorrhiza (Sw.) Rchb.f. (1885)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis monorrhiza Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 118. (1788) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria brachyceratitis Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 44 (1805) Habenaria brachyceras Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 692 (1826) Platanthera monorrhiza (Sw.) W.J.Schrenk, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 28: 69 (1977) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis setacea Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl.: 28 (1760) Habenaria latifolia Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 331 (1816) Habenaria maculosa Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 309 (1835) Habenaria speciosa Poepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 44 (1836) Habenaria sodiroi Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 115 (1915)

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Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central.

References

Description of taxon

• Reichenbach, H.G. (1885) Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 3: 274.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 298 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Habenaria monorrhiza.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Habenaria monorrhiza
• eMonocot link: Habenaria monorrhiza
• Tropicos link: Habenaria monorrhiza
• International Plant Names Index link: Habenaria monorrhiza
• The Plant List link: Habenaria monorrhiza