Habenaria macroceratitis

Habenaria macroceratitis
Scientific classification
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]}

References

1. "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)". Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
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.

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