Spiranthes romanzoffiana

Hooded or Irish Lady's-tresses

Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Spiranthinae
Genus:	Spiranthes
Species:	S. romanzoffiana
Binomial name
*Spiranthes romanzoffiana* Cham.
Synonyms
Gyrostachys romanzoffiana (Cham.) MacMill. Orchiastrum romanzoffianum (Cham.) Greene Ibidium romanzoffianum (Cham.) House Triorchis romanzoffiana (Cham.) Nieuwl. Neottia gemmipara Sm. Spiranthes gemmipara (Sm.) Lindl. Gyrostachys gemmipara (Sm.) Kuntze Gyrostachys stricta Rydb. Ibidium strictum (Rydb.) House Spiranthes stricta (Rydb.) A.Nelson Triorchis stricta (Rydb.) Nieuwl.

Spiranthes romanzoffiana, commonly known as Irish Lady's-tresses^[1] or hooded lady's tresses,^[2] is a species of orchid. Collected by Chamisso during the Romanzov expedition it was described by him in 1828 and named for Count Nikolay Rumyantsev who financed it.

This orchid is native to North America, Ireland and the British Isles. ^[3] (Codes) ^[4]

References

↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
↑ "Spiranthes romanzoffiana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families TDWG Geocodes" (PDF).

Correll, D.S., Native Orchids of North America, p.220. 1978.

Further references

Horsman, F. 2013. The discovery and subsequent history of Spiranthes romanzoffiana Chamisso (Orchidaceae) at Castletown Bearhaven in West Cork (H3) Ir. Nat J. 32 19 - 25.

External links

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