Galearis

Genus of orchids

Galearis
Galearis spectabilis (showy orchis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Galearis
Raf.
Type species
Galearis spectabilis
(L.) Raf.
Synonyms[1]
  • Amerorchis Hultén
  • Galeorchis Rydb. in N.L.Britton
  • Aceratorchis Schltr.
  • Chondradenia Maxim. ex F.Maek.
  • Aorchis Verm.

Galearis is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae)[2] native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species.[1][3][4][5] The family name comes from the Greek word orchis ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the root.[6]

Species

  • Galearis camtschatica (Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin – Japan, Korea, Russian Far East
  • Galearis cyclochila (Franch. & Sav.) Soó – China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East
  • Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F.Hunt – Japan
  • Galearis huanglongensis Q.W.Meng & Y.B.Luo – Sichuan
  • Galearis roborovskyi (Maxim.) S.C.Chen, P.J.Cribb & S.W.Gale – China, Tibet, Nepal, eastern Himalayas
  • Galearis rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman – Canada, Greenland, northern United States
  • Galearis spathulata (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt – China, Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar
  • Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. – eastern Canada; eastern and central United States
  • Galearis tschiliensis (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, S.W.Gale & R.M.Bateman – China
  • Galearis wardii (W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt – China including Tibet

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. (1833). Herbarium Rafinesquianum 71–72.
  3. ^ Flora of China, v 25 p 90, 盔花兰属 kui hua lan shu, Galearis
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Galearis
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Amerorchis, synonym of Galearis fide Kew WCSPF
  6. ^ Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 661. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.

External links

  • Media related to Galearis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Galearis at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Galearis


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