Chamorchis

Chamorchis
Chamorchis alpina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Chamorchis
Rich.
Species: C. alpina
Binomial name
Chamorchis alpina
(L.) Rich
Synonyms[1]
  • Chamaerepes Spreng
  • Ophrys alpina L.
  • Orchis alpina (L.) Scop.
  • Epipactis alpina (L.) Schrank
  • Arachnites alpinus (L.) F.W.Schmidt
  • Satyrium alpinum (L.) Pers.
  • Chamaerepes alpina (L.) Spreng
  • Herminium alpinum (L.) Sweet
  • Herminium alpinum (L.) Lindl.
  • Aceras alpinum (L.) Steud.
  • Orchis graminea Crantz

Chamorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Chamorchis alpina, known as the false orchid[2] or false musk orchid, and found in subarctic and subalpine parts of Europe: Scandinavia, the Alps, the Carpathians, northern European Russia.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Gramignol alpina, Chamorchis alpina

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