Orchidaceae
Orchis

Orchis militaris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 941 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Siberia and Afghanistan. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Barina, Z. (2017). Revision of F. K. Meyer?s herbarium from Albania. Phytotaxa 331: 213-223.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
  • Galán Cela, P. & Gamarra, R. (2003). Check List of the Iberian and Balearic Orchids 2. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 60: 309-329.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2022). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 3a: 1-868. ANG Vakfı/Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Kretzschmar, H. ,Eccarius, W. & Dietrich, H. (2007). The Orchid Genera Anacamptis, Orchis and Neotinea. Phylogeny, taxonomy, morphology, biology, distribution, ecology and hybridisation, ed. 2: 1-544. EchinoMedia verlag, Bürgel. [Cited as Orchis militaris subsp. stevenii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Day, C.D. [303] Turkey K000341584 Yes
Wood, J.J. [540] France K:SPC-36009.000 No
K:SPC-00235.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [4442] France K:SPC-30091.000 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [2032] United Kingdom K:SPC-00236.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K000364136 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chesterman, D.D. [156] Italy K:SPC-40923.000 No
Barneby, T. France K:SPC-29097.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000364147 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [12292] France K:SPC-00239.000 No
Schleicher [s.n.] Switzerland K000364148 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Graham, R.A.; Sandwith, N.Y. United Kingdom K:SPC-20775.000 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [5819] Spain K:SPC-00238.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K000364135 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacquin [s.n.] Austria K000364146 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tineo [s.n.] Italy K000364145 Unknown Type Material Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [2738] United Kingdom K:SPC-00237.000 No
Clements, M.A. [2719] Italy K:SPC-48197.000 No
Prescot, J. [s.n.] K000364144 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [12266] France K:SPC-00240.000 No
Barneby, T.P. [8] Switzerland K:SPC-31615.000 No
Wood, J.J. [510] France K:SPC-45916.000 No
Wood, J.J. [541] France K:SPC-45914.000 No
Pennington, T. [s.n] France K:SPC-77513.000 No

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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images