Biology:Gymnadenia bicolor

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Gymnadenia bicolor
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Gymnadenia
Species:
G. bicolor
Binomial name
Gymnadenia bicolor
(W.Foelsche) W.Foelsche & O.Gerbaud, 2011
Synonyms

Nigritella bicolor W.Foelsche

Gymandenia bicolor is a species of orchid occurring in the Eastern Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. It is very similar to Gymnadenia miniata (sometimes called Gymnadenia rubra) and often seen as a variation and not a separate species.[1]

Description

Gymandenia bicolor looks very similar to Gymnadenia miniata but is differentiated by usually having brighter flowers at the base and sepals that are wider than the petals. The middle sepal (at the bottom) is usually bent downwards and very noticeable. The lip (at the top) is less curled than with miniata.[2]

Taxonomy

Plants now considered Gymnadenia bicolor were originally placed into Gymnadenia rubra by Wettstein in 1889. Foelsche split it into a separate species Nigritella bicolor in 2010 and Foelsche&Gerbaud moved it to genus Gymnadenia in 2011. [2]

References

  1. "Gymnadenia bicolor (W.Foelsche) W.Foelsche & O.Gerbaud". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6L72L. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wolfram Foelsche (2011), Das Erzherzog-Johann-Kohlröschen, Nigritella archiducis-joannis Teppner & E. Klein, und die Kohlröschen-Arten Österreichs, 9, Joannea Botanik, p. 61-95 

Wikidata ☰ Q58639511 entry