Orchis anthropophora

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Orchis anthropophora']

• English: Man orchid
• العربية: سحلب بشري
• català: Flor de l'home penjat
• Cymraeg: Tegeirian y gŵr
• Deutsch: Ohnhorn
• español: Orquídea hombre
• فارسی: ارکیده آدم
• français: Homme pendu
• galego: Orquídea do home aforcado
• hrvatski: Okruglastogomoljasta bezostruška
• hornjoserbsce: Mužikowa bjezwotrožka
• italiano: Ballerina
• Lëtzebuergesch: Gaalgemännche-Bouwekraut
• lietuvių: Šlaitinis beragis
• Nederlands: Poppenorchis
• português: Aceras anthropophorum
• русский: Ятрышник человеконосный
• svenska: Spökyxne
• 中文: 人帽兰

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 anthropophora (L.) All. (1785)

Synonyms

Basionym Ophrys anthropophora L., Sp. Pl.: 948 (1753) Homotypic synonyms Arachnites anthropophorus (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. 1: 77 (1793) Satyrium anthropophorum (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 507 (1807) Aceras anthropophorum (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Epit. Hortus Kew.: 281 (1814) Loroglossum anthropophorum (L.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 32 (1817) Himantoglossum anthropophorum (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 694 (1826) Serapias anthropophora (L.) Jundz., Opisan. Rósl.: 267 (1830) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys anthropomorpha Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 63 (1805) Satyrium anthropomorphum Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 507 (1807), orth. var. Loroglossum brachyglotte Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 32 (1817) Aceras anthropomorphum (Pers.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): Aceras n. 2 (1818) Aceras anthropophorum lusus flavescens W.Zimm. ex Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 783 (1907) Aceras anthropophorum var. angustatum Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 181 (1912) Aceras anthropophorum var. latior Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 181 (1912) Aceras anthropophorum f. apiculatum Höppner, Verh. Naturhist. Vereines Preuss. Rheinl. Westphalens 81: 265 (1924 publ. 1925) Aceras anthropophorum f. angustatum (Rouy) Maire, in Fl. Afr. Nord 6: 332 (1959 publ. 1960) Aceras anthropophorum f. latior (Rouy) Maire, in Fl. Afr. Nord 6: 332 (1959 publ. 1960) Aceras anthropophorum f. purpurata Balayer, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Lett. Bot. 133(3): 280 (1986)

Natural habitats

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  Spain
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  Portugal - Vale de Ventos
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  Orchis anthropophora
  Portugal - Vale de Ventos

Images of the whole plant

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  France - Dordogne
  Champcevinel
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  Italy - Sardinia
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  Spain
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  Germany - Hohenlohe
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  Spain
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  France - Chauvoncourt (Meuse)
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  Portugal - Algarve
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  Orchis italica (left)
  Greece - Crete
  Gerakari
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Efringen-Kirchen, NSG Totengrien
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  Germany - Efringen-Kirchen, NSG Totengrien
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  Germany - Taubgergießen
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  Germany - Taubgergießen
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  Portugal - Vale de Ventos
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  Portugal - Vale de Ventos

Inflorescences

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  Switzerland
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  Portugal - Algarve
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  Portugal - Algarve
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  Spain
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  Spain
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  Spain
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  Spain
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Taubergießen

Flowers

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  Portugal - Vale de Ventos
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  Italy - Sardinia
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  Orchis anthropophora (fragment of the previous image)
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  Germany - Saarland
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  France - Roussillon
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  France - Roussillon
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  Germany - Saarland
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  France
  Chauvoncourt (Meuse)
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Ersingen
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  Germany - Efringen-Kirchen, NSG Totengrien
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  Germany - Efringen-Kirchen, NSG Totengrien

Buds

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  Spain

Leaves

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  leaves in winter

Nothospecies

Orchis × bivonae Tod. (1840) = (Orchis italica × Orchis anthropophora)

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  Orchis × bivonae

Orchis × spuria Rchb. f. (1849) = (Orchis militaris × Orchis anthropophora)

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  Orchis × spuria

Botanical illustrations

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  Orchis anthropophora
  (as syn.
  Aceras anthropophorum)
  plate 149 C in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz
  (Orchidaceae),
  Gera (1885)
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  Orchis anthropophora
  (as syn.
  Aceras anthropophorum)
  plate 1 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Orchis anthropophora
  (as syn.
  Aceras anthropophorum)
  Tafel 11 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland. Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.

References

Description of taxon

• Allioni, C. (1785) Flora Pedemontana 2: 148.

Selected Bibliography

• Kretzschmar, H., Eccarius, W. & Dietrich, H. (2007) Die Orchideengattungen Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea. EchinoMedia-Verlag, Bürgel, Index: Table of contents; ISBN 9783937107110
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 333 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Orchis anthropophora.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Orchis anthropophora
• Tropicos link: Orchis anthropophora
• International Plant Names Index link: Orchis anthropophora