Habenaria quinqueseta

longhorn bog orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Habenaria
Species: H. quinqueseta
Binomial name
Habenaria quinqueseta
(Michx.) Eaton
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchis quinqueseta Michx.
  • Habenaria michauxii Nutt. superfluous name
  • Mesicera quinqueseta (Michx.) Raf.
  • Mesicera michauxii (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Platanthera michauxii (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria simpsonii Small
  • Habenaria macroceratitis var. brevicalcarata Ames

Habenaria quinqueseta (longhorn bog orchid) is a species of orchid closely related to H. macroceratitis and often mistaken for it.[2][3]

Habenaria quinqueseta native to Central America, the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica), southern Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and the southeastern United States (from Texas to South Carolina).[1][2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
  3. ↑ Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
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