Spiranthes romanzoffiana

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Irish Lady's-tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Spiranthes
Species: S. romanzoffiana
Binomial name
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Cham.

Spiranthes romanzoffiana (Irish Lady's-tresses) is an orchid.

Collected by Chamisso during the Romanzov expedition it was described by him in 1828 and named for Count Rumyantsev who financed it.


[edit] Reference

  • Correll, D.S., Native Orchids of North America, p.220. 1978.


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