Arethusa (Orchidaceae)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Arethusa']

• English: Dragon's mouth, Dragon's-mouth, Bog-rose
• Ελληνικά: Αρέθουσα
• français: Aréthuse bulbeuse
• перем коми: Аретуса
• коми: Аретуса
• мокшень: Аретуса
• олык марий: Аретуса
• кырык мары: Аретуса
• удмурт: Аретуса
• українська: Аретуса
• Tiếng Việt: Phong lan miệng rồng

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Arethuseae • Subtribus: Arethusinae • Genus: Arethusa (Orchidaceae) L. (1753)

Genus Arethusa L. (1753)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Orchidion Mitch., Diss. Bot. Zool.: 40 (1769)

1 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Monotypic taxon

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  Arethusa bulbosa

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Western Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.

References

Description of taxon

• Linnaeus, C. von, (1793). Species Plantarum 2: 950–951.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 1-672 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Arethusa (Orchidaceae).

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  Labellum

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  Pollinium