Biology:Dragon's mouth

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Short description: Species of orchid

Dragon's mouth orchid
Arethusa bulbosa, Black Fen.jpg
Taken Pancake Bay, Ontario
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Arethuseae
Subtribe: Arethusinae
Genus: Arethusa
L.
Species:
A. bulbosa
Binomial name
Arethusa bulbosa
Synonyms[3]
  • Arethusa bulbosa f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield
  • Arethusa bulbosa f. subcaerulea E.L.Rand & Redfield

Arethusa bulbosa, commonly called dragon's mouth orchid,[4] is the only species in the orchid genus Arethusa.[3] The genus is named after a naiad of Greek mythology.[5] This monotypic genus is abbreviated Aret in trade journals.

This terrestrial and rare orchid occurs in Eastern North America from Manitoba east to Newfoundland and St. Pierre & Miquelon south to Virginia, with isolated populations in northern Saskatchewan and in the Carolinas.[3][6][7] It occurs in bogs, swamps and other wet lowlands. It grows to a height of 15 cm. It forms a large, single, pink terminal flower, with a showy lip and white and yellow fringed crests.[2]

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References

  1. Maiz-Tome, L. (2017). "Arethusa bulbosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 208: e.T64264102A67728533.. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T64264102A67728533.en. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. 52. ISBN 0807855979. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Arethusa bulbosa
  4. Voitk, A & M. (2006). Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland. Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
  5. University of Wisconsin, Orchids of Wisconsin, Arethusa bulbosa
  6. Flora of North America v 26 p 597, Arethusa bulbosa
  7. "Arethusa bulbosa", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Arethusa%20bulbosa.png 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15111652 entry