Ponthieva racemosa

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Ponthieva racemosa']

• English: Hairy shadow witch

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Cranichideae • Subtribus: Cranichidinae • Genus: Ponthieva • Species: Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr (1901)

Synonyms

Basionym Arethusa racemosaWalter, Fl. Carol.: 222 (1788) Homotypic synonyms Neottia pubera Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 189 (1841) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys pubera Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 158 (1803) Neottia glandulosa Sims, Bot. Mag. 22: t. 842 (1805) Epipactis pubescens Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 591 (1813) Ponthieva glandulosa (Sims) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 200 (1813) Cranichis multiflora Elliott ex Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 191 (1818) Serapias pubescens (Pursh) Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 767 (1821) Listera pubescens (Pursh) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 494 (1823) Nerissa glandulosa (Sims) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 89 (1837) Ponthieva oblongifolia A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 30 (1845) Ponthieva lancifolia A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 251 (1850) Ponthieva glandulosa var. macra Rchb.f., Linnaea 26: 142 (1854) Ponthieva guatemalensis Rchb.f., Beitr. Orchid.-K. C. Amer.: 63 (1866) Ponthieva orchioides Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 50 (1917) Ponthieva costaricensis Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 19: 84 (1923)

Type species

Natural habitats

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Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Ponthieva racemosa
  (as syn.
  Neottia glandulosa)
  plate 842 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1805)
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  Ponthieva racemosa
  Fig. 370 page 722 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Northern South America Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Ponthieva racemosa.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Ponthieva racemosa