Habenaria macroceratitis

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Habenaria macroceratitis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. macroceratitis
Binomial name
Habenaria macroceratitis
Willd.
Synonyms [1]
  • Orchis habenariaL.
  • Nemuranthes habenaria(L.) Raf
  • Habenaria habenaria(L.) Small, invalid
  • Habenaria quinqueseta var. macroceratitis(Willd.) Luer
  • Habenaria macrocerasSpreng.
  • Orchis longicornisSessé & Moc.

Habenaria macroceratitis, the big-horn bog orchid or long-horned false rein orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to H. quinqueseta and often mistaken for it. [2] [3] Habenaria macroceratitis is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and Florida. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
  2. Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
  3. Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
  4. Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids, Long-horned false rein orchid (Habenaria macroceratitis)
  5. Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.