Dactylorhiza romana

Roman Dactylorhiza

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. romana
Binomial name
*Dactylorhiza romana* (Sebast.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms^[1]
Orchis romana Sebast. Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. romana (Sebast.) Bornm. Dactylorchis romana (Sebast.) Verm. Orchis georgica (Klinge) Medw. Orchis flavescens K.Koch Dactylorchis flavescens (K.Koch) Verm. Dactylorhiza flavescens (K.Koch) Holub Dactylorhiza ruprechtii Aver. Orchis guimaraesii (E.G.Camus) Rivas Goday Orchis sulphurea Link, invalid Dactylorhiza sulphurea (Link) Franco, invalid Orchis lucana Spreng. Orchis markusii Tineo Orchis natalis Tineo Orchis sicula Tineo Orchis pseudosambucina Ten. Orchis siciliensis (Klinge) A.W.Hill Dactylorhiza libanotica (Mouterde) Aver. Dactylorhiza sicula (Tineo) Aver. Dactylorhiza cantabrica H.A.Pedersen also many more names at the subspecies and variety levels

The Roman Dactylorhiza (Dactylorhiza romana) is a species of orchid. It is native to the Mediterranean Region of southern Europe and northern Africa, the range extending eastward to Iran and Turkmenistan.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Three subspecies are recognized:^[1]

Dactylorhiza romana subsp. georgica (Klinge) Soó ex Renz & Taubenheim - Turkey, Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, southern Russia), Iran, Turkmenistan

Dactylorhiza romana subsp. guimaraesii (E.G.Camus) H.A.Pedersen - Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco

Dactylorhiza romana subsp. romana - Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Crimea, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide romana, Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó
↑ Pedersen, H.A. (2006). Systematics and evolution of the Dactylorhiza romana/sambucina polyploid complex (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 405-434.
↑ Petrova, A.S., Vladimirov, V. & Stoyanov, Y. (2009). Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. transsilvanica (Orchidaceae): new for the Bulgarian flora. Phytologia Balcanica 15: 389-392.
↑ Vladimirov, V., Dane, F., Matevski, V. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 18. Phytologia Balcanica 18: 69-92.

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