Pseudorchis

Pseudorchis
Pseudorchis albida in Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Pseudorchis Ség.
Species:	P. albida
Binomial name
Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Synonyms[1]
Leucorchis E.Mey Triplorhiza Ehrh. Polybactrum Salisb. Bicchia Parl. Satyrium albidum L. Orchis albida (L.) Scop. Habenaria albida (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton Gymnadenia albida (L.) Rich. Sieberia albida (L.) Spreng. Coeloglossum albidum (L.) Hartm. Entaticus albidus (L.) Gray Chamorchis albida (L.) Dumort. Platanthera albida (L.) Lindl. Peristylus albidus (L.) Lindl. Leucorchis albida (L.) E.Mey. in C.A.Patze, E.H.F.Meyer & L.Elkan Bicchia albida (L.) Parl. Pseudorchis alpina Ség. Orchis alpina (Ség.) Crantz Satyrium trifidum Vill. Orchis parviflora Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck Satyrium scanense L. ex Steud. Blephariglottis albiflora Raf. Habenaria transsilvanica Schur Leucorchis lucida Fuss Gymnadenia albida var. borensis Zapal.

Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland & Labrador).^[1] (Codes) ^[2][3]

Three subspecies are recognized:

• Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis (Beck) E.Klein - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
2. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families TDWG Geocodes" (PDF).
3. Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide candida, Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

• Séguier, J. F. (1754) Plantae Veronenses 3: 254.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 357 ff. Oxford University Press.
• Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart

External links

• Media related to Pseudorchis at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Pseudorchis at Wikispecies
• Pseudorchis at the Encyclopedia of Life
• Den virtuella floran - Distribution