Chamorchis

Chamorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Chamorchis alpina, known as the alpine dwarf orchid,[2] false orchid[3] or false musk orchid, and found in subarctic and subalpine parts of Europe: Scandinavia, the Alps, the Carpathians, northern European Russia.[1][4]

Chamorchis
Chamorchis alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Chamorchis
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Species:
C. alpina
Binomial name
Chamorchis alpina
(L.) Rich
Synonyms[1]
  • Chamaerepes Spreng
  • Ophrys alpina L.
  • Orchis alpina (L.) Scop.
  • Epipactis alpina (L.) Schrank
  • Arachnites alpinus (L.) F.W.Schmidt
  • Satyrium alpinum (L.) Pers.
  • Chamaerepes alpina (L.) Spreng
  • Herminium alpinum (L.) Sweet
  • Herminium alpinum (L.) Lindl.
  • Aceras alpinum (L.) Steud.
  • Orchis graminea Crantz

See also

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Alpine Dwarf Orchid". Encyclopedia of Life. National Museum of Natural History.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Gramignol alpina, Chamorchis alpina
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart


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