Spiranthes torta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spiranthes torta']

• English: Southern lady's tresses

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 torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet

Synonyms

Basionym Ophrys torta Thunb., Mus. Nat. Acad. Ups. (Dissert.) 9: 136 (1791) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys peruviana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 816 (1775) Satyrium spirale Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 118 (1788) Ophrys quinquelobata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 568 (1798) Neottia quadridentata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 73 (1805) Neottia tortilis Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 51 (1805) Spiranthes tortilis (Sw.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817) Spiranthes quadridentata (Willd.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 823 (1824) Spiranthes laxiflora Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 88 (1837) Spiranthes apiculata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 474 (1840) Gyrostachys apiculata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891) Ibidium tortile (Sw.) House, Muhlenbergia 1: 129 (1906) Ibidium xyridifolium Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 319 (1913) Spiranthes swartzii E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 342 (1914) Spiranthes quinquelobata

Flowers

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Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Spiranthes torta Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Caribbean Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America French Guiana.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Spiranthes torta.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Spiranthes torta