Galearis
Galearis is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae)[2] native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species.[1][3][4][5] The family name comes from the Greek word orchis ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the root.[6]
Galearis | |
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Galearis spectabilis (showy orchis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Orchideae |
Subtribe: | Orchidinae |
Genus: | Galearis Raf. |
Type species | |
Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
- Galearis camtschatica (Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin – Japan, Korea, Russian Far East
- Galearis cyclochila (Franch. & Sav.) Soó – China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East
- Galearis fauriei (Finet) P.F.Hunt – Japan
- Galearis huanglongensis Q.W.Meng & Y.B.Luo – Sichuan
- Galearis roborovskyi (Maxim.) S.C.Chen, P.J.Cribb & S.W.Gale – China, Tibet, Nepal, eastern Himalayas
- Galearis rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman – Canada, Greenland, northern United States
- Galearis spathulata (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt – China, Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar
- Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf. – eastern Canada; eastern and central United States
- Galearis tschiliensis (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, S.W.Gale & R.M.Bateman – China
- Galearis wardii (W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt – China including Tibet
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. (1833). Herbarium Rafinesquianum 71–72.
- Flora of China, v 25 p 90, 盔花兰属 kui hua lan shu, Galearis
- Flora of North America, Galearis
- Flora of North America, Amerorchis, synonym of Galearis fide Kew WCSPF
- Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 661. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
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