Spiranthes vernalis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spiranthes vernalis']

• English: Spring lady's tresses
• العربية: لولوبة ربيعية

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 vernalis Engelm. & A. Gray (1845)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Gyrostachys vernalis (Engelm. & A.Gray) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891) Ibidium vernale (Engelm. & A.Gray) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 381 (1905) Triorchis vernalis (Engelm. & A.Gray) House, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 206 (1920) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys aestivalis Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 157 (1803) Spiranthes ensifolia Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 221 (1856) Spiranthes graminea var. praecox Nathaniel Lord Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 52 (1888) Gyrostachys ensifolia (Rchb.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891) Gyrostachys praecox (Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 663 (1891) Gyrostachys reverchonii Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 610 (1898) Spiranthes reverchonii (Small) K.Schum., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 339 (1898) Gyrostachys linearis Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 300 (1901) Gyrostachys xyridifolia Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 318 (1903) Triorchis linearis (Rydb.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 123 (1913) Triorchis xyridifolius (Small) Britton, Fl. Bermuda: 90 (1918)

Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Leaves

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Botanical illustrations

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  plate 565 in vol. 1:
  N.L.Britton & A. Brown:
  Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
  (1913)
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  Spiranthes vernalis
  Fig. 375 page 731 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Eastern Canada Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Guatemala. Caribbean Bahamas.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Spiranthes vernalis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Spiranthes vernalis