Biology:Neotinea tridentata

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Short description: Species of plant


Three-toothed orchid
Orchis Tridentata.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Neotinea
Species:
N. tridentata
Binomial name
Neotinea tridentata
(Scop.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Synonyms
  • Orchis tridentata Scop.

Neotinea tridentata, the three-toothed orchid, is a species of orchid found in southern Europe from Spain to Turkey; northwards to the Crimea, Poland and Germany .[1] This orchid favours grassy places, woodland, scrub and maquis.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The genus Neotinea is named after an Italian botanist, Vincenzo Tineo (1791-1856), who was Director of Palermo botanical garden and later the Chancellor of Palermo University. His published works include 'Plantarum rariorum Sicilae' (1817) and 'Catalogus plantarum horti' (1827).[4] The specific epithet tridentata is Latin for three-toothed, a reference to the three main lobes of the labellum.[1] This species was formerly placed in the genus Orchis as O. tridentata. Orchis comes from the Greek for testicle, a reference to the shape of some species' tuberous roots.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Delforge, Pierre (2005) (in en). Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East (3rd ed.). London: A&C Black. pp. 640. ISBN 0-7136-7525-X. 
  2. Encyclopedia of Life. "Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase - Encyclopedia of Life". http://www.eol.org/pages/1137823. 
  3. National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland (2004). "Orchis tridentata". ORCHIDS OF EUROPE WEB SITE. http://www.habitas.org.uk/europeanorchids/. 
  4. Plant Lives - Plant Biographies

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15474500 entry