Anacamptis laxiflora

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Anacamptis laxiflora']

• English: Loose-flowered orchid
• مصرى: اناكامبتيس لاكسيفلورا
• български: Редкоцветен салеп
• čeština: Vstavač řídkokvětý
• Cymraeg: Tegeirian Llacflodyn
• Deutsch: Lockerblütiges Knabenkraut
• français: Orchis à fleurs lâches
• עברית: סחלב הביצות
• magyar: mocsári kosbor
• italiano: Orchide acquatica
• Nederlands: IJle moerasorchis
• Türkçe: Salep sümbülü
• українська: Плодоріжка рідкоквіткова

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Anacamptis • Species: Anacamptis laxiflora (Lam.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W. Chase (1997)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis laxiflora Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 504 (1779) Homotypic synonyms Orchis palustris subsp. laxiflora (Lam.) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 30 (1895) Herorchis laxiflora (Lam.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein, J. Eur. Orch. 40: 541 (2008) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis morio var. angustifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 940 (1753) Orchis ensifolia Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 29 (1787) Orchis tabernaemontani C.C.Gmel., Fl. Bad. 3: 542 (1808) Orchis heroica E.D.Clarke, Trav. 2: 117 (1823) Orchis mediterranea Ten., Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 455 (1831), nom. illeg. Orchis laxiflora var. albiflora Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 535 (1844) Orchis laxiflora var. tabernaemontani W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 573 (1844) Orchis ambigua Degl. ex Le Gall, Fl. Morbihan: 585 (1852) Orchis dubia Le Gall, Fl. Morbihan: 585 (1852), nom. illeg. Orchis laxiflora var. longibracteata Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 168 (1861) Orchis laxiflora var. paludosa Martrin-Donos, Fl. Tarn: 1793 (1864) Orchis biloba Arv.-Touv., Ess. Pl. Dauph.: 61 (1872) Orchis laxiflora f. minor Bréb., Fl. Normandie, ed. 3: 296 (1895). Orchis palustris f. micrantha Domin, Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 20: 105 (1904) Orchis laxiflora var. pocutica Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit.: 206 (1906). Orchis laxiflora subsp. ensifolia (Vill.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 711 (1907). Orchis laxiflora f. micrantha (Domin) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 713 (1907). Orchis laxiflora lusus albiflora Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 506 (1911), nom. illeg. Orchis laxiflora lusus longibracteata (Willk.) W.Zimm., Z. Naturwiss. 1911: 80 (1911). Orchis laxiflora lusus rosea Cortesi, Ann. Bot. (Rome) 14: 44 (1916), nom. illeg. Orchis laxiflora var. persica Pau, Trab. Mus. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 14: 46 (1918) Orchis laxiflora f. heldreichii Soó, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 910 (1926) Orchis laxiflora var. javorkae Soó, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 910 (1926) Orchis laxiflora f. lengyelii Soó, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 910 (1926) Orchis laxiflora lusus regis-ferdinandii Soó, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 910 (1926) Orchis laxiflora lusus bornmuelleri Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 29 (1927) Orchis laxiflora var. dinsmorei Schltr., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 1(4-5): 191 (1927) Orchis laxiflora lusus leucantha Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 29 (1927) Orchis laxiflora f. zimmermannii Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 29 (1927) Orchis laxiflora lusus albiflora (Guss.) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 59 (1928) Orchis laxiflora f. longibracteata (Willk.) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 59 (1928) Orchis laxiflora var. guadarramica Rivas Goday, Revista Univ. Madrid (Farm.) 1(4): 244 (1941) Orchis papilionacea subsp. heroica (E.D.Clarke) H.Baumann, Jahresber. Naturwiss. Vereins Wuppertal 39: 95 (1986) Orchis papilionacea var. heroica (E.D.Clarke) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 72: 101 (1991) Vermeulenia papilionacea var. heroica (E.D.Clarke) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 128 (2001) Herorchis dinsmorei (Schltr.) D.Tyteca & E.Klein, J. Eur. Orch. 40: 541 (2008) Anacamptis laxiflora f. albiflora (Guss.) F.M.Vázquez, Folia Bot. Extremadur. 3: 170 (2009) Anacamptis papilionacea subsp. heroica (E.D.Clarke) Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 26(2): 46 (2009) Paludorchis laxiflora (Lam.) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 90: 25 (2009) Paludorchis pseudolaxiflora (Czerniak.) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 90: 25 (2009)

Species

Images of the whole plant

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  Belle-Île-en-Mer
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  Jersey - Pré Noir
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  Cyprus - Kritou Terra
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  France
  Cherves-Richemont
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  France
  Cherves-Richemont
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  France
  Cherves-Richemont
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Inflorescences

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  France - Vallée du Dropt
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  Belle-Île-en-Mer

Flowers

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  Normandie, France, near Pirou
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Botanical illustrations

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  Anacamptis laxiflora
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  Orchis laxiflora)
  plate 42 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Anacamptis laxiflora
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  Orchis laxiflora)
  Tafel 24 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria (doubtful), Morocco. Asia-Temperate Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.

References

Description of taxon

• Kretzschmar, H., Eccarius, W. & Dietrich, H.. (2007) Die Orchideengattungen Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea. EchinoMedia-Verlag, Bürgel, Index: Table of contents; ISBN 9783937107110

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 249 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Anacamptis laxiflora.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Anacamptis laxiflora
• eMonocot link: Anacamptis laxiflora
• Tropicos link: Anacamptis laxiflora
• International Plant Names Index link: Anacamptis laxiflora
• The Plant List link: Anacamptis laxiflora