Habenaria distans

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Habenaria distans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. distans
Binomial name
Habenaria distans
Griseb.
Synonyms[1]
  • Habenaria distans var. jamaicensis (Fawc. & Rendle) Cogn. in I.Urban
  • Habenaria jamaicensis Fawc. & Rendle
  • Habenaria amparoana Schltr.

Habenaria distans, the hammock bog orchid,[2] is a species of orchid. It is native to Latin America from Mexico to Argentina, as well as Florida, the Greater Antilles, and the Galápagos.[1][3][4][5][6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Habenaria distans". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  4. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  5. ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  6. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria distans Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 270. 1866.
  7. ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map