Dactylorhiza lapponica

Dactylorhiza lapponica, the Lapland marsh-orchid, is an orchid found in Scandinavia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Czech Republic.[1][2][3][4]

Lapland marsh-orchid
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Dactylorhiza
Species:
D. lapponica
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza lapponica
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica Laest. ex Hartm.
  • Orchis lapponica (Laest. ex Hartm.) K.Richt.
  • Dactylorchis lapponica (Laest. ex Hartm.) Verm.
  • Orchis angustata Arv.-Touv.
  • Dactylorhiza angustata (Arv.-Touv.) D.Tyteca & Gathoye
  • Dactylorhiza delphinensis D.Tyteca & Gathoye
  • Orchis pseudocordigera Neuman
  • Dactylorchis pseudocordigera (Neuman) Lid
  • Dactylorhiza pseudocordigera (Neuman) Soó

Three subspecies are recognized:[1]

  • Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. angustata (Arv.-Touv.) Kreutz - France
  • Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. lapponica - Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
  • Dactylorhiza lapponica subsp. rhaetica H.Baumann & R.Lorenz - northern Italy

It was originally published and described by Lars Levi Laestadius and Carl Johan Hartman as Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica in Handb. Skand. Fl., edition 4 on page 281 in 1843,[5] but it was then re-published as Dactylorhiza lapponica in Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza Vol.5 in 1962.[6]

The plant has been studied for In vitro seed germination.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Griebl, N. (2008). Vorkommen und verbreitung der gattung Dactylorhiza in Österreich. Berichte aus den arbeitskreisen heimische orchideen 25(2): 80-118.
  3. ^ Batousek, P. (2011). Orchideenneuigkeiten aus der Tschechischen Republik. Journal Europäischer Orchideen 43: 161-174.
  4. ^ Hedrén, M., Nordström, S. & Bateman, R.M. (2011). Plastid and nuclear DNA marker data support the recognition of four tetraploid marsh orchids (Dactylorhiza majalis s.l., Orchidaceae) in Britain and Ireland, but require their recircumscription. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104: 107-128.
  5. ^ "Orchis angustifolia var. lapponica Laest. ex Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 4: 281 (1843)". science.kew.org. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Dactylorhiza lapponica | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. ^ Øien, Dag-Inge; O'Neill, John P.; Whigham, Dennis F.; McCormick, Melissa K. (1 June 2008). "Germination Ecology of the Boreal-Alpine Terrestrial Orchid Dactylorhiza lapponica (Orchidaceae)". Annales Botanici Fennici. 45 (3): 161–172. doi:10.5735/085.045.0301. S2CID 34498012.