Habenaria quinqueseta

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Longhorn bog orchid
Michaux's Orchid (48778758826).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. quinqueseta
Binomial name
Habenaria quinqueseta
(Michx.) Eaton
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchis quinqueseta Michx.
  • Habenaria michauxii Nutt. superfluous name
  • Mesicera quinqueseta (Michx.) Raf.
  • Mesicera michauxii (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Platanthera michauxii (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria simpsonii Small
  • Habenaria macroceratitis var. brevicalcarata Ames

Habenaria quinqueseta, the longhorn bog orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to H. macroceratitis and often mistaken for it.[2][3]

Habenaria quinqueseta is native to Central America, the West Indies (Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica), southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and the southeastern United States (from Texas to South Carolina).[1][2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b 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. ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map

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