Pseudorchis

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Pseudorchis
Overview of species (2)

P. albida – P. straminea
Name

Pseudorchis Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 254 (1754)

Type species: Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Taxon 18: 312 (1969)

Synonymy

Homotypic
Leucorchis E.Mey., Preuss. Pfl.-Gatt.: 50 (1839), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
Triplorhiza Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 149 (1789)
Polybactrum Salisb., Monthly Rev. 75: 80 (1814)
Bicchia Parl., Fl. Ital. 3: 396 (1860)

Homonym

Pseudorchis Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 213 (1821), nom. illeg. vide: Liparis Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 30 (1817), nom. cons.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
Middle Europe
Austria, Belgium †, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Netherlands †, Poland, Switzerland.
Southwestern Europe
France, Spain.
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
Eastern Europe
Belarus, North European Russia, Ukraine.
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya,
Russian Far East
Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin.
Northern America
Subarctic America
Greenland.
Eastern Canada
Newfoundland, Québec.

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 357 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
Séguier, J-F. 1754. Plantae Veronenses 3: 254.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pseudorchis. Accessed: 2021 Mar 30.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pseudorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 30. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pseudorchis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 30. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pseudorchis. 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 Mar 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pseudorchis. Published online. Accessed: 30 Mar 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pseudorchis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Mar 2021.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Höswurz
English: Bog orchid
hornjoserbsce: Kukawka
кырык мары: Псевдорхис
norsk: Hvitkurleslekta
русский: Псевдорхис

Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland & Labrador).[1] (Codes) [2][3]

Three subspecies are recognized:

Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka
Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada
Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis (Beck) E.Klein - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia