Biology:Dactylorhiza elata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae


Robust marsh orchid
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Dactylorhiza
Species:
D. elata
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza elata
(Poir.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms[1]

Dactylorhiza elata, the robust marsh orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to the western Mediterranean region (France (including Corsica), Sardinia, Spain , Portugal, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia).[1][2][3][4][5]

Dactylorhiza elata is a tuberous herbaceous perennial growing to 50 cm (20 in), and producing dense 20 cm (8 in) spikes of purple flowers in spring.[6]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit[7] (confirmed 2017).[8]

Subspecies

Many names have been proposed for subspecies, varieties, subvarieties and forms of the species. As of June 2014, the following are recognized:[1]

  • Dactylorhiza elata subsp. elata - Spain, North Africa
  • Dactylorhiza elata subsp. sesquipedalis (Willd.) Soó - France, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  3. Baumann, B. & Baumann, H. (2005). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Orchideenflora Nordwestafrikas. Journal Europäischer Orchideen 37: 915-938.
  4. Vázquez Pardo, F.M. (2009). Revisión de la familia Orchidaceae en Extremadura (España). Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 3: 1-367.
  5. Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  6. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. 
  7. "RHS Plant Selector - Dactylorhiza elata". https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5285/Dactylorhiza-elata/Details. 
  8. "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 27. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1306627 entry