Orchidaceae

Gymnadenia R.Br.

First published in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 5: 191 (1813)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Central India.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

Connecticut

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Eccarius, W. (2022). Die Orchideengattung Gymnadenia mit einem Exkurs zu Gattung Psedorchis : Phylogenie, Taxonomie, Morphologie, Biologie, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Hybridisation: 1-336. Selbstverlag der Verfasser.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chesterman, D.D. [192] Italy K:SPC-43881.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7060] India K001126671 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7053] India K001126662 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7055] Burma K001126665 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7054] K001126663 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7053] India K001126659 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7053] K001126660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Norway K:SPC-22545.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7053] India K001126661 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7057] K001126668 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7059] Nepal K001126670 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7055] Burma K001126664 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 7057] K001126667 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barneby, T.P. [31] Switzerland × Gymnigritella K:SPC-31595.000 No
Barneby, T.P. France Nigritella K:SPC-31657.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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

  • Orchideae: e-monocot.org

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