Dactylorhiza purpurella

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Northern marsh orchid
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Dactylorhiza purpurella
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D. purpurella
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza purpurella
(T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Soó (1962)
Synonyms [1]
  • Orchis purpurellaT. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson (1920) (Basionym)
  • Dactylorchis purpurella(T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Verm. (1947)
  • Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. purpurella(T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) D.M. Moore & Soó (1978)
  • Dactylorhiza majalis var. purpurella(T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) R.M. Bateman & Denholm (1983)
  • Dactylorhiza cambrensis(R.H.Roberts) Aver.
  • also several more varietal names proposed

Dactylorhiza purpurella, the northern marsh orchid, [2] is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark. [1]

Great Britain island in the North Atlantic off the north-west coast of continental Europe

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world. In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of Great Britain, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, form the British Isles archipelago.

Ireland Island in north-west Europe, 20th largest in world, politically divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (a part of the UK)

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.

Denmark Constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country. Denmark proper, which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also includes two autonomous territories in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

Two varieties are recognised: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. Ennis, T. The occurrence of Dactylorhiza purpurella (T. Stephenson and T.A. Stephenson) Soó var. majalifiormis (E. Nelson) Kreutz, in Co. Donegal. Ir. Nat. J.33: 128
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