Gymnadenia odoratissima

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Gymnadenia odoratissima']

• English: Short spurred fragrant orchid
• беларуская: Ядрушка духмяная
• čeština: pětiprstka vonná
• Deutsch: Wohlriechende Händelwurz
• Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Wohlriechende Händelwurz
• eesti: Lõhnav käoraamat
• suomi: Tuoksukirkiruoho
• français: Orchis odorant
• hornjoserbsce: Wonjata kukawka
• magyar: Illatos bibircsvirág
• italiano: Manina profumata
• Lëtzebuergesch: Dofteg Handwuerzel
• lietuvių: Kvapusis plauretis
• Nederlands: Welriekende muggenorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Duftspore
• polski: Gółka wonna
• русский: Кокушник ароматнейший
• svenska: Luktsporre
• українська: Билинець найзапашніший
• oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Xushbo'y Kokushnik

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Gymnadenia • Species: Gymnadenia odoratissima (L.) Rich. (1817)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis odoratissima L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1243 (1759) Homotypic synonyms Satyrium odoratissimum (L.) Wahlenb., Fl. Suec. 2: 578 (1826) Habenaria odoratissima (L.) Franch., Fl. Loir-et-Cher: 578 (1885) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis erubescens Zucc., Syll. Pl. Nov. 5: 10 (1824) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. borealis Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 112 (1851) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. ecalcarata Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 112 (1851) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. heteroglossa Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 112 (1851) Gymnadenia suaveolens Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 321 (1856) Orchis pyrenaica Philippe, Fl. Pyren. 2: 354 (1859) Gymnadenia conopsea var. pyrenaica (Philippe) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 695 (1882) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. suaveolens (Rchb.f.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 695 (1882) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. idea Goiran, Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15: 26 (1883) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. carpathica Simonk., Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 502 (1886) Gymnadenia conopsea subsp. pyrenaica (Philippe) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 279 (1890) Gymnadenia pyrenaica (Philippe) Giraudias, J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 479 (1892) Gymnadenia rhodopea Formánek, Verh. Naturf. Vereins Brünn 36: 42 (1897). Gymnadenia heteroglossa (Rchb.f.) E.G.Camus in E.G.Camus, P.Bergon & A.A.Camus, Monogr. Orchid.: 336 (1908) Gymnadenia odoratissima lusus alba Zimm., Form. Orch. Deut.: 66 (1912) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. stenostachya Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 277 (1919) Gymnadenia odoratissima f. borealis (Rchb.f.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 96 (1928) Gymnadenia odoratissima f. carpathica (Simonk.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 96 (1928) Gymnadenia odoratissima f. stenostachya (Schltr.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 96 (1928) Gymnadenia odoratissima subsp. longicalcarata C.E.Hermos. & Sabando, Estud. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Álava 10-11: 128 (1995-1996 publ. 1996) Gymnadenia odoratissima var. pyrenaica (Philippe) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 81: 397 (2000)

Natural habitats

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Wank

Images of the whole plant

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Allgäuer Alpen
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Switzerland - Brienzer Rothorn
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Switzerland - Brienzer Rothorn
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Radolfzell
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Wank
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Wank

Inflorescences

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  Estonia - Niitvälja Bog
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  Germany - Schwäbische Alb
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  Germany - Henschelberg (bei Mosbach)
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  Estonia - Niitvälja Bog
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  Italy - Dolomites
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  Germany - Allgäuer Alpen
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  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Germany - Wank
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  Germany - Kreuzeck

Flowers

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  Niitvälja, Estonia
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  Niitvälja, Estonia
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Berchtesgadener Alpen
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Italy - Cortina
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Italy - Cortina
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Germany - Heimsheim

Leaves

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Italy - Cortina

Infructescences

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Subspecies - Varietas - Forma

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Henschelberg (bei Mosbach)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Silberberg (Enzkreis)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Wank
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Wank
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Estonia - Niitvälja
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  white colour
  Austria - Tannheimer Berge

Nothospecies Gymnadenia odoratissima

• × Gymnigritella heufleri (A. Kern.) E.G. Camus (1892) (Gymnadenia odoratissima × Nigritella rhellicani)
• Gymnadenia × heufleri (A. Kern.) Wettst. (1889) (Gymnadenia odoratissima × Gymnadenia rhellicani)

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  × Gymnigritella heufleri
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  Gymnadenia × heufleri
  Germany - Berchtesgadener Alpen

Botanical illustrations

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  plate 442 in vol. 4:
  Anton Hartinger:
  Atlas der Alpenflora
  (Orchidaceae),
  (1882)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  plate 21 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  Tafel 33 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Gymnadenia odoratissima
  plate 404 in:
  C.A.M Lindman:
  Bilder ur Nordens Flora
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1917-1927)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Central European Russia, Ukraine.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Gymnadenia odoratissima.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Gymnadenia odoratissima