Himantoglossum hircinum

species of plant, lizard orchid
APG IV Classification: DomainEukaryota • (unranked)Archaeplastida • RegnumPlantae • CladusAngiosperms • Cladusmonocots • OrdoAsparagales • FamiliaOrchidaceae • SubfamiliaOrchidoideae • TribusOrchideae • SubtribusOrchidinae • GenusHimantoglossum • Species: Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. (1826)

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  Description of taxon

  • Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826) Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 3: 694.

  Selected Bibliography

  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 309 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100

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