Chamorchis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Chamorchis
Species: (1)
C. alpina
Name

Chamorchis Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 49 (1818)

monotypic taxon

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Chamaerepes Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 702 (1826)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Northern Europe
Finland, Norway, Sweden.
Middle Europe
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland.
Southwestern Europe
France.
Southeastern Europe
Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Eastern Europe
North European Russia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 271 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Richard, L.C.M. 1818. De Orchideis Europaeis Annotationes 20, 27, 35. and Mém. Mus. Par. iv. (1818) 49.

Links

AHO Bayern, Chamorchis alpina
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Chamorchis. Accessed: 2021 Apr 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chamorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Chamorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Chamorchis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Chamorchis. Published online. Accessed: 30 Apr 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Chamorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Apr 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Zwergstendel
suomi: Tunturiorhot
перем коми: Хаморхис
коми: Хаморхис
мокшень: Хаморхис
кырык мары: Хаморхис
svenska: Dvärgyxne
Chamorchis is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Chamorchis alpina, known as the alpine dwarf orchid,[2] false orchid[3] or false musk orchid, and found in subarctic and subalpine parts of Europe: Scandinavia, the Alps, the Carpathians, northern European Russia.[1][4]
See also

List of Orchidaceae genera

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Alpine Dwarf Orchid". Encyclopedia of Life. National Museum of Natural History.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

Altervista Flora Italiana, Gramignol alpina, Chamorchis alpina

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press.
Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart