Calopogon oklahomensis
| Oklahoma grass pink | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Arethuseae |
| Genus: | Calopogon |
| Species: | C. oklahomensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calopogon oklahomensis | |
Calopogon oklahomensis, commonly known as the Oklahoma grass pink[1] or prairie grass pink, is a terrestrial species of orchid native to the United States, restricted to the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin and is extirpated (locally extinct) throughout most of its range.[2] It has flowers that are white, pink or purple, with a labellum with an apical region of yellow hairs. It was described by in 1995.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Calopogon oklahomensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Goldman, Douglas H.; Lawrence K. Magrath & Paul M. Catling (2002). "Calopogon oklahomensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 2018-11-05 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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Categories:
- NatureServe critically imperiled species
- Calopogon
- Endemic orchids of the United States
- Flora of Oklahoma
- Flora of the United States
- Flora of Alabama
- Plants described in 1995