Arethusa bulbosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata]

English: Dragon's mouth
español: Boca de dragón
euskara: Dragoi Ahoa
français: Aréthuse bulbeuse
Tiếng Việt: Phong lan miệng rồng

APG III Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Arethuseae • Subtribus: Arethusinae • Genus: Arethusa (Orchidaceae) • Species: Arethusa bulbosa L. (1753)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Arethusa bulbosa f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 152 (1894) Arethusa bulbosa f. subcaerulea E.L.Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 152 (1894)

Monotypic

Arethusa bulbosa
Arethusa bulbosa
Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador
Gros Morne National Park
Arethusa bulbosa
Canada
Arethusa bulbosa
USA - Michigan
Arethusa bulbosa

Botanical illustrationsEdit

Arethusa bulbosa
plate 2204 in:
Curtis's Bot. Magazine
(Orchidaceae),
vol. 48,
(1821)
Arethusa bulbosa
plate 562 in vol. 1:
N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
(1913)
Arethusa bulbosa
page 78 in:
Homer D. House:
Wild Flowers of New York
(Orchidaceae)
New York (1918)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Masachusettes, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Isle, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Manitoba, Saskatchewan.

ReferencesEdit

Description of taxon

Linné, C. von, (1753). Species Plantarum 2: 950.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 1-672 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127

Selected Weblinks

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