Liparis loeselii

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Liparis loeselii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Malaxideae
Genus: Liparis
Species: L. loeselii
Binomial name
Liparis loeselii
(L.) Rich.
Synonyms

See text.

Liparis loeselii is a species of orchid. It is native to Europe, the eastern United States and eastern Canada.[1] It grows in fens, bogs and dune slacks.[1] Known as the Fen Orchid, it is a yellow flowering plant with glossy yellow-green leaves.[2]

Synonyms

Ophrys loeselii L. is the basionym. Other synonyms include:

  • Ophrys trigona Gilib.
  • Ophrys pulchella Salisb.
  • Cymbidium loeselii (L.) Sw.
  • Malaxis loeselii (L.) Sw.
  • Serapias loeselii (L.) Hoffm.
  • Malaxis correana W.P.C. Barton
  • Malaxis longifolia W. P. C. Barton
  • Pseudorchis loeselii (L.) Gray
  • Anistylis lutea Raf.
  • Sturmia loeselii (L.) Rchb.
  • Liparis correana (W. P. C. Barton) Spreng.
  • Paliris loeselii (L.) Dumort.
  • Mesoptera loeselii (L.) Raf.
  • Orchis loeselii (L.) MacMill.
  • Liparis bifolia St.-Lag.
  • Leptorkis loeselii (L.) MacMill.
  • Liparis loeselii var. ovata Ridd. ex Godfery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pridgeon, Alec M. (1992). The Illustrated encyclopedia of orchids. Timber Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-88192-267-7. 
  2. NPT CBC - County Flower
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