Habenaria quinqueseta

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Longhorn bog orchid
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Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. quinqueseta
Binomial name
Habenaria quinqueseta
Synonyms [2]
  • Orchis quinquesetaMichx.
  • Habenaria michauxii Nutt.
  • Mesicera quinqueseta(Michx.) Raf.
  • Mesicera michauxii(Nutt.) Raf.
  • Platanthera michauxii(Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Orchis michauxii(Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria simpsonii Small
  • Habenaria macroceratitis var. brevicalcarata Ames

Habenaria quinqueseta, commonly known as the longhorn bog orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to H. macroceratitis and often mistaken for it. [3] [4] It is native to the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America.

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Distribution and habitat

Habenaria quinqueseta has a widespread distribution from southern North America through to Central America and the West Indies, with the southernmost part of its range in northern South America. [5] [6] In North America it is known from the southern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas) and Mexico. [5] In Central America it is known from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. In the West Indies it is known from the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica. In South America it is known from Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela, never reaching as far south as Brazil. [2] [6]

In the southern United States, this species inhabits flatwoods, hammocks, meadows, swamps and roadside areas at elevations up to 100 m (330 ft). [5]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe. "Habenaria quinqueseta". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Habenaria quinqueseta (Michx.) Eaton". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
  4. ↑ Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
  5. 1 2 3 Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 582. ISBN   9780195152081. OCLC   65199362.
  6. 1 2 Batista, João A. N.; Bianchetti, Luciano de Bem; González-Tamayo, Roberto; Figueroa, Xochitl M. C.; Cribb, Phillip J. (2011). "A Synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II". Harvard Papers in Botany . 16 (2): 252. doi:10.3100/0.25.016.0202. JSTOR   41761713.
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