Galearis

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Galearis
Galearis spectabilis May 2013.jpg
Galearis spectabilis (showy orchis)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Galearis
Raf.
Type species
Galearis spectabilis
(L.) Raf.
Synonyms [1]
  • AmerorchisHultén
  • GaleorchisRydb. in N.L.Britton
  • AceratorchisSchltr.
  • ChondradeniaMaxim. ex F.Maek.
  • AorchisVerm.

Galearis is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) [2] native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. [1] [3] [4] [5] The family name comes from the Greek word orchis ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the root. [6]

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Species

ImageScientific nameDistributionElevation (m)
Galearis camtschatica s2.jpg Galearis camtschatica (Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin Japan, Korea, Russian Far East
Galearis cyclochila 5.JPG Galearis cyclochila (Franch. & Sav.) Soó China (Jilin, Qinghai), Japan, Korea, Russian Far East 1,000–2,900 metres (3,300–9,500 ft)
Galearis fauriei 2 - cropped.jpg Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F.HuntJapan (Honshu)
Galearis huanglongensis Q.W.Meng & Y.B.Luo Sichuan
Galearis roborovskyi (Maxim.) S.C.Chen, P.J.Cribb & S.W.GaleChina, Tibet, Nepal, eastern Himalayas 2,800–4,900 metres (9,200–16,100 ft)
Galearis rotundifolia 15-p.bot-orchis.rotun-02.jpg Galearis rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman Canada, Greenland, northern United States 0–1,200 metres (0–3,937 ft)
Galearis spathulata (Lindl.) P.F.HuntChina, Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar 2,800–4,500 metres (9,200–14,800 ft)
Galearis spectabilis inflorescence.jpg Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf.eastern Canada; eastern and central United States0–1,500 metres (0–4,921 ft)
Galearis tschiliensis (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, S.W.Gale & R.M.BatemanChina ( Hebei, Shanxi, Qinghai, Sichuan)3,200–4,100 metres (10,500–13,500 ft)
Galearis wardii (W.W.Sm.) P.F.HuntChina including Tibet2,400–4,500 metres (7,900–14,800 ft)

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. (1833). Herbarium Rafinesquianum 71–72.
  3. ↑ Flora of China, v 25 p 90, 盔花兰属 kui hua lan shu, Galearis
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Galearis
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Amerorchis, synonym of Galearis fide Kew WCSPF
  6. ↑ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 661. ISBN   0-394-50432-1.


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