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Dactylorhiza elata

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Species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae

Robust 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. elata
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza elata
(Poir.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms
Synonyms list
    • Orchis elata Poir. (1789) (Basionym)
    • Gymnadenia elata (Poir.) Lindl.
    • Orchis latifolia var. elata (Poir.) Rchb.f.
    • Dactylorchis elata (Poir.) Verm.
    • Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. elata (Poir.) H.Sund.
    • Orchis incarnata var. algerica Desf
    • Orchis vestita Lag. & Rodr.
    • Orchis munbyana Boiss. & Reut.
    • Orchis kabyliensis G.Keller
    • Orchis africana (Klinge) A.W.Hill
    • Dactylorchis munbyana (Boiss. & Reut.) Verm.
    • Orchis rassautae (Alleiz.) Alleiz.
    • Dactylorhiza munbyana (Boiss. & Reut.) Holub
    • Dactylorhiza vestita (Lag. & Rodr.) Aver.
    • Orchis sesquipedalis Willd.
    • Dactylorchis sesquipedalis (Willd.) Verm.
    • Orchis lusitanica Steud.
    • Dactylorhiza brennensis (E.Nelson) D.Tyteca & Gathoye
    • Dactylorhiza occitanica Geniez, Melki, Pain & Soca
    • also a very long list of names at infraspecific levels

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).

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.

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

Subspecies

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

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

References

  1. ^ 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. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  7. "RHS Plant Selector - Dactylorhiza elata". Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 27. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

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Taxon identifiers
Dactylorhiza elata


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