Spiranthes Rich.

First published in De Orchid. Eur.: 28 (1817), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Eurasia to SW. Pacific, N. Africa, N. & Central America to Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Chatham Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Florida, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niue, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Réunion, Sakhalin, Samoa, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, Solomon Is., South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Vanuatu, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3: 1-358. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jermy, A.C. [2285] Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-26397.000 No
Adams, B.R. [B3] Belize K:SPC-40051.000 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7377] K001127256 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-70541.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [85035] Costa Rica K:SPC-75535.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 7378] K001127258 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 7377] K001127257 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-19557.000 No
Pace, M.C. [608] United States K001589329 Isotype No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7377] K001127254 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7377] Nepal K001127253 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 7377] K001127255 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, M.W. [83307] Mexico K:SPC-76378.000 No
Comber, J.B. [1191] Indonesia K:SPC-41756.000 No
K:SPC-70533.000 No
Harley, R.M.; Nic Lughadha, E.; Ganev, W.; Queiroz, R. [H50619] Brazil K:SPC-73115.000 No
K:SPC-70536.000 No
Gardner [672] Brazil K000674045 Syntype Yes
Chase, M.W.C. [84214] Costa Rica K:SPC-75404.000 No
Chase, M.W. [83264] Mexico K:SPC-75246.000 No
K:SPC-70542.000 No
Chase, M.W.C. [89114] K:SPC-75704.000 No
Comber, J.B. [1191] Indonesia K:SPC-44294.000 No
Cribb, P. Mexico K:SPC-56405.000 No
K:SPC-70534.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0