Malaxis unifolia
Malaxis unifolia | |
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1829 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Malaxis |
Species: | M. unifolia |
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Malaxis unifolia Michx. 1803 | |
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Malaxis unifolia, or the green adder's-mouth orchid,[2] is a species of orchid occurring from eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland to Manitoba),[3] the central and eastern United States (Maine to Florida, west as far as Minnesota, eastern Kansas, and eastern Texas),[4] Mexico,[5] Central America and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic).[6][7][8]
Malaxis unifolia generally has only one leaf, but rarely two. Flowers are green, in a raceme, often resembling an umbel at first before it elongates.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ M. Hart del., J. Watts sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 15 plate 1290
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Malaxis unifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 state-level distribution map
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Malaxis unifolia
- ^ Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395
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