Northern_marsh_orchid

<i>Dactylorhiza purpurella</i>

Dactylorhiza purpurella

Species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae

Dactylorhiza purpurella, the northern marsh orchid,[2] is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.[1]

Quick Facts Northern marsh orchid, Scientific classification ...

Two varieties are recognised:[1]

  • Dactylorhiza purpurella var. cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) R.M.Bateman & Denholm - coastal Great Britain and Denmark
  • Dactylorhiza purpurella subsp. purpurella - Ireland and northern Great Britain. Recorded from Co. Donegal in Ireland.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. [3]
    Ennis, T. The occurrence of Dactylorhiza purpurella (T. Stephenson and T.A. Stephenson) Soó var. majalifiormis (E. Nelson) Kreutz, in Co. Donegal. Ir. Nat. J. 33: 128

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