Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.

First published in Watsonia 6: 130 (1965)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to Siberia and N. Türkiye. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

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

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
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

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images
  • Orchideae: e-monocot.org

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