Neotinea lactea

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Neotinea lactea']

• English: Milky orchid
• مصرى: نيوتينيا لاكتيا
• corsu: Orchis lactea
• Deutsch: Milchweißes Knabenkraut
• Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Milchweisses Knabenkraut
• français: Orchis lacté
• italiano: Orchidea lattea
• Latina: Orchis lactea

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Neotinea • Species: Neotinea lactea Poir.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase (1997)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis lactea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 594 (1798) Homotypic synonyms Orchis tridentata subsp. lactea (Poir.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 266. (1890) Odontorchis lactea (Poir.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein, J. Eur. Orch. 40: 544. (2008) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis acuminata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 318. (1799) Orchis corsica Viv., Fl. Cors. Prodr.: 16. (1824) Orchis tenoreana Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 533. (1844) Orchis variegata var. acuminata (Desf.) Boiss., Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 593. (1845) Orchis hanrici Hénon, Ann. Soc. Agr. Puy 9: 722. (1846) Orchis hanrii Jord., Observ. Pl. Nouv. 1: 27. (1846) Orchis tridentata f. acuminata (Desf.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 25. (1851) Orchis tridentata f. tenoreana (Guss.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 25. (1851) Orchis tridentata var. acuminata (Desf.) Gren. & Godr., Fl. France 3: 288. (1855) Orchis lactea var. hanrici (Hénon) Maire & Weiller in R.C.J.Maire, Fl. Afr. Nord 6: 298. (1959 Orchis tridentata var. hanrici (Hénon) Maire & Weiller in R.C.J.Maire, Fl. Afr. Nord 6: 298. (1959) Orchis tridentata var. hanrii (Jord.) Sigunov, Glasn. Prir. Mus. u Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 10: 22. (1977) Neotinea corsica (Viv.) W.Foelsche, J. Eur. Orchideen 34: 876. (2002) Orchis lactea subsp. corsica (Viv.) Kreutz, Orchidee (Hamburg) 57: 103. (2006) Neotinea lactea subsp. corsica (Viv.) Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 24(1): 162. (2007)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Rhodes
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  Rhodes
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  Rhodes
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Sardinia
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  Malta
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  Neotinea lactea
  Crete

Inflorescences

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  Neotinea lactea
  France - Midi-Pyrénées
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  Neotinea lactea
  north of Vizzini, Sicily
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  France - Midi-Pyrénées
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  Neotinea lactea
  France - Midi-Pyrénées
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Crete
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  Neotinea lactea
  Bosco della Ficuzza, Sicily
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  Neotinea lactea
  Bosco della Ficuzza, Sicily
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  Neotinea lactea
  Bosco della Ficuzza, Sicily
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  Neotinea lactea
  Rhodes
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  Neotinea lactea
  Rhodes

Flowers

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  Neotinea lactea
  Crete
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  Neotinea lactea
  Crete
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  Neotinea lactea
  France - Midi-Pyrénées
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  Neotinea lactea
  Sardinia
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  Crete
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  Crete
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  Neotinea lactea
  Crete

Buds

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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Italy - Apulia
  Alliste (Serra Calaturo)

Pollinia

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  Neotinea lactea
  Pollination (Apis mellifera)

Botanical illustrations

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  Neotinea lactea
  (as syn.
  Orchis acuminata)
  plate 1932 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 44,
  (1817)
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  Neotinea lactea
  Drawing by
  Laura Morelli
  (2007)

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  Neotinea lactea
  Drawing by
  Laura Morelli
  (2007)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna. Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Turkey.

References

Description of taxon

• Bateman, R.M., Pridgeon, A.M. & Chase, M.W. (1997) Lindleyana 12: 122.

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 320 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Neotinea lactea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Neotinea lactea
• eMonocot link: Neotinea lactea
• Tropicos link: Neotinea lactea
• International Plant Names Index link: Neotinea lactea
• The Plant List link: Neotinea lactea