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Longhorn bog orchid
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. quinqueseta
Binomial name
Habenaria quinqueseta
(Michx.) Eaton
Synonyms [1]
  • Orchis quinqueseta Michx.
  • Habenaria michauxii Nutt. superfluous name
  • Mesicera quinqueseta (Michx.) Raf.
  • Mesicera michauxii (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Platanthera michauxii (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria simpsonii Small
  • Habenaria macroceratitis var. brevicalcarata Ames

Habenaria quinqueseta, the longhorn bog orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to H. macroceratitis and often mistaken for it. [2] [3]

Habenaria quinqueseta is native to Central America, the West Indies ( Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica), southern Mexico ( Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas), northern South America ( Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and the southeastern United States (from Texas to South Carolina). [1] [2] [4]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
  3. ^ Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map

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