Spiranthes torta

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Spiranthes torta']

English: Southern lady's tresses

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Spiranthinae • Genus: Spiranthes • Species: Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R.Sweet

Synonyms

Basionym
- Ophrys torta Thunb., Mus. Nat. Acad. Ups. (Dissert.) 9: 136 (1791)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Ophrys peruviana Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 816 (1775)
- Satyrium spirale Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 118 (1788)
- Ophrys quinquelobata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 568 (1798)
- Neottia quadridentata Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 73 (1805)
- Neottia tortilis Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 51 (1805)
- Spiranthes tortilis (Sw.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817)
- Spiranthes quadridentata (Willd.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 823 (1824)
- Spiranthes laxiflora Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 88 (1837)
- Spiranthes apiculata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 474 (1840)
- Gyrostachys apiculata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891)
- Ibidium tortile (Sw.) House, Muhlenbergia 1: 129 (1906)
- Ibidium xyridifolium Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 319 (1913)
- Spiranthes swartzii E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 342 (1914)
- Spiranthes quinquelobata

Flowers

Spiranthes torta
Spiranthes torta

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Spiranthes torta

Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Spiranthes torta.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Spiranthes torta

Spiranthes torta

Flowers

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