Habenaria macroceratitis

Habenaria macroceratitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Habenaria
Species:	H. macroceratitis
Binomial name
	Habenaria macroceratitis; Willd.
Synonyms
	Orchis habenaria L.; Nemuranthes habenaria (L.) Raf; Habenaria habenaria (L.) Small, invalid; Habenaria quinqueseta var. macroceratitis (Willd.) Luer; Habenaria macroceras Spreng.; Orchis longicornis Sessé & Moc.;

Habenaria macroceratitis, the big-horn bog orchid or long-horned false rein orchid, is a species of orchid closely related to H. quinqueseta and often mistaken for it.^[2]^[3] Habenaria macroceratitis is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and Florida.^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
^ Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
^ Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
^ Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids, Long-horned false rein orchid (Habenaria macroceratitis)
^ Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.