Malaxis bayardii
| Malaxis bayardii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Malaxideae |
| Genus: | Malaxis |
| Species: | M. bayardii |
| Binomial name | |
| Malaxis bayardii Fernald | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Malaxis bayardii fo. kelloggiae P.M. Br. | |
Malaxis bayardii is a species of orchid native to northeastern North America. It has been reported from Nova Scotia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York State, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, South Carolina and North Carolina.[1] It grows in dry, open woods and pine barrens at elevations of less than 600 m (2000 feet).[2][3]
Malaxis bayardii is a terrestrial herb up to 26 cm (10.4 inches) tall. It produces a pseudobulb up to 20 mm in diameter. It generally has only one leaf, occasionally two, about half way up the stem. Flowers are small and green, borne in a raceme of up to 70 flowers.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 630.
- ↑ North American Orchid Conservation Center, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Go Orchids, Malaxis bayardii
- ↑ Fernald, Merritt Lyndon. Rhodora 38(455): 402–404, f. 1, pl. 446, f. 1–2. 1936.
- ↑ Fernald, M. 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany (ed. 8) i–lxiv, 1–1632. American Book Co., New York.
- ↑ Catling, P. M. 1991. Systematics of Malaxis bayardii and M. unifolia. Lindleyana 6: 3–23.
External links
- US Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- Among Rhode Island Wildflowers, Malaxis bayardii
- Go Botany, New England Wild Flower Society, Malaxis bayardii
- New York Natural Heritage Program
- Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center
- Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
- Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife