Biology:Spiranthes aestivalis

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Short description: Species of orchid

Summer lady's-tresses
Spiranthes aestivalis Blütenstand.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Spiranthes
Species:
S. aestivalis
Binomial name
Spiranthes aestivalis
(Poir.) Rich. (1817)
Synonyms
  • Ophrys aestivalis Poir. (basionym)
  • Neottia aestivalis (Poir.) DC.
  • Gyrostachys aestivalis (Poir.) Dumort.
  • Ophrys aestiva Balb.

Spiranthes aestivalis, commonly called the summer lady's-tresses, is a species of orchid found in western Europe, Turkey, Russia, and North Africa. The specific epithet, aestivalis, is derived from Latin and means "pertaining to the summer".[1]

It has become locally extinct in the British Isles.[2]

See also

  • List of extinct plants of the British Isles

References

Wikidata ☰ Q159277 entry