Biology:Neottia banksiana
| Neottia banksiana | |
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| Listera caurina in Mount Rainier National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Neottia |
| Species: | N. banksiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Neottia banksiana (Lindl.) Rchb.f.[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Neottia banksiana is a species of orchid known by the common name northwestern twayblade. It was formerly placed in the genus Listera, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Neottia nidus-avis, the bird's-nest orchid, evolved within the clade formerly containing only Listera species,[2] so all species of Listera have been formally moved to Neottia, the older genus.[3] Some continue to refer to this species by its previous genus; older scientific names include Listera banksiana and Listera caurina.[1]
Neottia banksiana is native to northwestern North America from Alaska through the Pacific Northwest to the Grand Teton Range of Wyoming and to Mendocino County, California . It can be found in moist, dim habitat, such as mountain forest understory. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect 10 to 30 centimetres (4 to 12 in) tall. It has one pair of green oval leaves each up to 7 centimetres (3 in) long near the base of the stem. The inflorescence is a small raceme of green or yellow-green flowers. Each has usually 3 lance-shaped sepals, 2 similar petals, and one petal known as the lip, which is longer and rounded at the end.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Neottia banksiana", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=134177, retrieved 2012-04-04
- ↑ Stace, Clive (2010), New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5, p. 864
- ↑ "Listera", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=114075, retrieved 2012-04-04
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4247384 entry
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