Aceratorchis

<i>Galearis</i>

Galearis

Genus of orchids

Galearis is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae)[2] native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species.[1][3][4][5] The family name comes from the Greek word orchis ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the root.[6]

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Species

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. (1833). Herbarium Rafinesquianum 71–72.
  3. [3]
    Flora of China, v 25 p 90, 盔花兰属 kui hua lan shu, Galearis
  4. [4]
    Flora of North America, Galearis
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America, Amerorchis, synonym of Galearis fide Kew WCSPF
  6. [6]
    Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 661. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
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