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Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus

Description

Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 591; Mantissa Plantarum: 121. 1767.

“Habitat in Islandia. König.” RCN: 6829.

Lectotype (Ames, O rchidaceae 4: 81. 1910): Herb. Linn. No. 1054.42 (LINN).

Current name: Orchis hyperborea L. (Orchidaceae).

Note: Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr.. Heim. Orchid. B a d en -W ü rttem b erg21: 542. 1989) discuss the typification, figuring the type as Abb. 44. Sheviak (in L indleyana 14: 200. 1999) reassessed the identity of the type, as well as providing a floral dissection (f. 5) of it.

Notes

Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, pp 705 - 708 in: Order out of Chaos, pp. 705-708 in Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types, London :The Linnean Society of London on page 706, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.250878

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Biodiversity

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Orchis
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
hyperborea
Taxon rank
species