Dichromanthus aurantiacus

Dichromanthus aurantiacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Subtribe:	Spiranthinae
Genus:	Dichromanthus
Species:	D. aurantiacus
Binomial name
	Dichromanthus aurantiacus; (Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas
Synonyms
	Neottia aurantiaca Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza; Stenorrhynchos aurantiacum (Lex.) Lindl.; Spiranthes aurantiaca (Lex.) Hemsl.; Gyrostachys aurantiaca (Lex.) Kuntze;

Dichromanthus aurantiacus is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native much of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. It is a common and conspicuous weed in fallow fields in much of the region.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140. (listed as Spiranthes aurantiaca)

External links

[evangelina-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[3] Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

[4] Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140. (listed as Spiranthes aurantiaca)

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