- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Dactylorhiza Neck. ex Nevski
Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.

[O-EM]
- Habitat
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Damp meadows and fens.
- Distribution
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West & Central Europe; Baltic region and North Russia..
- General Description
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Tubers deeply 2- to 5-fid, somewhat elongated at apex.
Native to:
Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Newfoundland, Ontario
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica (Klinge) H.Sund.
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. calcifugiens H.A.Pedersen
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. cordigera (Fr.) H.Sund.
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. elatior (Fr.) M.Hedrén & H.A.Pedersen
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. kalopissii (E.Nelson) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. lapponica (Laest. ex Hartm.) H.Sund.
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. macedonica (J.Hölz. & Künkele) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. majalis
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. nieschalkiorum (H.Baumann & Künkele) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) P.D.Sell
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. pindica (B.Willing & E.Willing) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa (Druce) D.M.Moore & Soó
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. purpurella (T.Stephenson & T.A.Stephenson) D.M.Moore & Soó
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. pythagorae (Gölz & H.R.Reinhard) H.A.Pedersen, P.J.Cribb & Rolf Kühn
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. sphagnicola (Höppner) H.A.Pedersen & Hedrén
- Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. traunsteinerioides (Pugsley) R.M.Bateman & Denholm
Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Milne-Redhead, E. [12096-12101], Germany | 20721.000 | No | |||
Gilmour, Switzerland | 21648.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [4298], Spain | 21649.000 | No | |||
Wood, J.J. [515], France | 29047.389 | No | |||
Wood, J.J. [483], France | 29047.390 | No | |||
Barneby, T., France | 29092.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T., France | 29095.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P. [28], Switzerland | 31609.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P. [10], Switzerland | 31618.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P. [22], Italy | 31621.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P. [37], Switzerland | 32126.000 | No | |||
Barnby, T.P., France | 32266.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [4667A], France | 32384.000 | No | |||
Willoughby, Ireland | 37342.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [4794], Spain | 386.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [5161], Spain | 387.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [5851], Spain | 388.000 | No | |||
Chesterman, D.D. [154], Italy | 41034.000 | No | |||
Joseph, J. [358], Spain | 48337.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [84/005-008], France | 48792.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [84/001], Switzerland | 48793.000 | No | |||
Chase [16543] | 72068.000 | No | |||
Chase [16544] | 72078.000 | No | |||
Chase [19411], Austria | 73028.000 | No | |||
Chase [19401], Austria | 73029.000 | No | |||
Jacquin, N.N.J.von [s.n.], Germany | K000364200 | Yes | |||
Wilford, C. [s.n.], Hokkaido | K000364199 | Yes | |||
Civeyrel et al [591 A, B, C, D], France | 78336.000 | No | |||
Civeyrel et al [s.n.], France | 78334.000 | No | |||
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6817], Romania | 78261.000 | No | |||
Civeyrel et al [586 D, E, F, G], France | 78335.000 | No | |||
Chase, M.W. [s.n.], France | 78310.000 | No | |||
Christenhuis, M.J.M. [6817], Romania | K000696723 | No |
First published in Watsonia 6: 130 (1965)
Accepted by
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Griebl, N. (2008). Vorkommen und verbreitung der gattung Dactylorhiza in Österreich Berichte aus den arbeitskreisen heimische orchideen 25(2): 80-118.
- Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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