Calopogon tuberosus

Tuberous Grass Pink
C. tuberosus var. tuberosus
Conservation status
See text
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Calopogon
Species: C. tuberosus
Binomial name
Calopogon tuberosus
Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.[1]
Wild pink orchid Calopogon tuberosus

Calopogon tuberosus, the tuberous grasspink, is an orchid native to eastern North America.[1] In the United States it occurs from as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma and southeast to the Florida Everglades to as far northeast as Maine and as far northwest as Minnesota. In Canada it is found all provinces from Newfoundland to Manitoba. It also is found in St. Pierre & Miquelon, Cuba and the Bahamas.[2][3][4]

Conservation status

It is listed as "G5 - Secure" under the NatureServe conservation status system. However it is listed as an endangered species by the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and Maryland, and as exploitably vulnerable by New York.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 53. ISBN 0807855979.
  2. Biota of North America Program
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. US Department of Agriculture Plants profile

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