Ponthieva racemosa

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Hairy shadow witch
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Ponthieva
Species:
P. racemosa
Binomial name
Ponthieva racemosa
Synonyms [1]
  • Arethusa racemosaWalter (basionym)
  • Neottia glandulosaSims
  • Epipactis pubescensPursh
  • Ponthieva glandulosa(Sims) R.Br.
  • Cranichis multifloraElliott ex Nutt.
  • Serapias pubescens(Pursh) Steud.
  • Listera pubescens(Pursh) Elliott
  • Nerissa glandulosa(Sims) Raf.
  • Neottia puberaSteud.
  • Ponthieva oblongifoliaA.Rich. & Galeotti
  • Ponthieva lancifoliaA.Rich.
  • Ponthieva glandulosa var. macraRchb.f.
  • Ponthieva guatemalensisRchb.f.
  • Ponthieva orchioidesSchltr.
  • Ponthieva costaricensisSchltr.
  • Ophrys puberaMichx.

Ponthieva racemosa, commonly called the hairy shadow witch or racemose ponthieva, is a species of orchid found from the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America as far south as Bolivia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of North America, v 26 p 548, Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 460. 1901.
  3. Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, Ponthieva racemosa
  4. Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
  5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  6. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  7. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
  8. Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1923. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 19: 84.
  9. Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1866. Beitrage zu einer Orchideenkunde Central-Amerika's 63.