Orchidaceae
Orchis
Orchis mascula

Orchis mascula subsp. speciosa (Mutel) Hegi

First published in Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 2: 347 (1909)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is European Mountains, Algeria. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dimopoulos, P. & al. (2016). Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. Supplement. Willdenowia 46: 301-347.
  • G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kretzschmar, H. ,Eccarius, W. & Dietrich, H. (2007). The Orchid Genera Anacamptis, Orchis and Neotinea. Phylogeny, taxonomy, morphology, biology, distribution, ecology and hybridisation, ed. 2: 1-544. EchinoMedia verlag, Bürgel.
  • Kreutz, C.A.J., Rebbas, K., Miara, M.D., Babali, B. & Ait-Hammou, M. (2013). Neue Erkentnisse zu den Orchideen Algeriens. Berichte aus den arbeitskreisen heimische orchideen 30: 185-270.
  • Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kreutz, C.A.J., Rebbas, K., Miara, M.D., Babali, B. & Ait-Hammou, M. (2013). Neue Erkentnisse zu den Orchideen Algeriens. Berichte aus den arbeitskreisen heimische orchideen 30: 185-270.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jacquin [s.n.] K000364089 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [12291] Italy Orchis speciosa K:SPC-00256.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0