Dactylorhiza romana

Roman dactylorhiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. romana
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms [1]
Orchis romanaSebast. Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. romana(Sebast.) Bornm. Dactylorchis romana(Sebast.) Verm. Orchis georgica(Klinge) Medw. Orchis flavescensK.Koch Dactylorchis flavescens(K.Koch) Verm. Dactylorhiza flavescens(K.Koch) Holub Dactylorhiza ruprechtiiAver. Orchis guimaraesii(E.G.Camus) Rivas Goday Orchis sulphureaLink, invalid Dactylorhiza sulphurea(Link) Franco, invalid Orchis lucanaSpreng. Orchis markusiiTineo Orchis natalisTineo Orchis siculaTineo Orchis pseudosambucinaTen. Orchis siciliensis(Klinge) A.W.Hill Dactylorhiza libanotica(Mouterde) Aver. Dactylorhiza sicula(Tineo) Aver. also many more names at the subspecies and variety levels

Dactylorhiza romana, the Roman dactylorhiza, is a species of orchid. It is native to the Mediterranean Region of southern Europe and northern Africa, the range extending eastward to Iran and Turkmenistan. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Three subspecies are recognized: ^[1]

• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. georgica(Klinge) Soó ex Renz & Taubenheim - Turkey, Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, southern Russia), Iran, Turkmenistan
• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. guimaraesii(E.G.Camus) H.A.Pedersen - Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco
• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. romana - Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Crimea, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide romana, Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó
3. Pedersen, H.A. (2006). Systematics and evolution of the Dactylorhiza romana/sambucina polyploid complex (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 405-434.
4. Petrova, A.S., Vladimirov, V. & Stoyanov, Y. (2009). Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. transsilvanica (Orchidaceae): new for the Bulgarian flora. Phytologia Balcanica 15: 389-392.
5. Vladimirov, V., Dane, F., Matevski, V. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 18. Phytologia Balcanica 18: 69-92.

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