Biology:Dragon's mouth
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Short description: Species of orchid
| Dragon's mouth orchid | |
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| Taken Pancake Bay, Ontario | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Subtribe: | Arethusinae |
| Genus: | Arethusa L. |
| Species: | A. bulbosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Arethusa bulbosa | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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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]
Gallery
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Western Brook Pond Trail, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador -
Drawing from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. (1913). Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. -
Waterloo State Recreation Area, Michigan
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ Voitk, A & M. (2006). Orchids on the Rock: The Orchids of Newfoundland. Rocky Harbour, NL: Gros Morne Co-operating Association.
- ↑ University of Wisconsin, Orchids of Wisconsin, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 597, Arethusa bulbosa
- ↑ "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
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Wildflowers of Connecticut, Connecticut Botanical Society
- Minnesota Wildflowers
- Izel, Native Plants for Your Garden
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
Wikidata ☰ Q15111652 entry
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