Gymnadenia corneliana

Gymnadenia corneliana is a species of orchid with light-pink petals, found only in the Southwestern Alps in a small region near the France-Italy border.[1] It was first catalogued by Swiss botanist Gustave Beauverd. Some specimens of this orchid display slightly darker petals, although this is uncommon. This flower, like many orchids in its genus, is said to emit a pleasant odor resembling that of vanilla.[2]

Gymnadenia corneliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Gymnadenia
Species:
G. corneliana
Binomial name
Gymnadenia corneliana
(Beauverd) Teppner & E. Klein
Synonyms
  • Nigritella nigra subsp. corneliana Beauverd (basionym)
  • Nigritella lithopolitanica subsp. corneliana (Beauverd) Teppner & E. Klein
  • Nigritella corneliana (Beauverd) Gölz & H.R. Reinhard
  • Nigritella corneliana subsp. bourneriasii E. Breiner & R. Breiner
  • Nigritella corneliana var. bourneriasii (E. Breiner & R. Breiner) E. Klein
  • Gymnadenia corneliana var. vesubiana (G. Keller) G. Foelsche & W. Foelsche
  • Gymnadenia corneliana var. bourneriasii (E. Breiner & R. Breiner) Pellic.
  • Gymnadenia corneliana f. bourneriasii (E. Breiner & R. Breiner) P. Delforge
  • Gymnadenia corneliana f. vesubiana (G. Keller) P. Delforge

References
  1. "Gymnadenia corneliana (Beauverd) Teppner & E.Klein | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  2. Hedrén, Mikael; Lorenz, Richard; Teppner, Herwig (March 2018). "Evolution and systematics of polyploid Nigritella (Orchidaceae)". Nordic Journal of Botany. 36 (3): 2–3. doi:10.1111/njb.01539. Retrieved 6 May 2021.


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