Corallorhiza odontorhiza
| Fall coral-root small-flowered coral-root | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Maxillarieae |
| Subtribe: | Corallorhizinae |
| Genus: | Corallorhiza |
| Species: | C. odontorhiza |
| Binomial name | |
| Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir. | |
| Synonyms[1][2][3][4] | |
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Corallorhiza odontorhiza, common name Fall coral-root or small-flowered coral-root, is a species of orchid widespread across eastern and central United States, and reported also from Mexico, Central America, Quebec and Ontario. In North America, it occurs in forested areas up to an elevation of 2800 m (9300 feet).[1][5][6][7]
Corallorhiza odontorhiza is a non-photosynthetic species, with no chlorophyll. Hence it relies on fungi in the soil to supply it with nutrients. Stems are yellow to brown, bulbous at the base. There are no leaves. Flowers are typically reddish-purple with a white lip, the lip with small purple spots, though some plants are cleistogamous with non-opening flowers.[8] The plant flowers from August through October in the eastern US.[9][10][11]
Infraspecific taxa
Three infraspecific taxa are recognized as of May 2014:[1]
- Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza - Quebec, Ontario, eastern and central United States
- Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei (Greenm.) Freudenst. - Mexico, Central America, Ontario, eastern United States
- Corallorhiza odontorhiza f. radia Freudenst. - southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Corallorhiza odontorhiza
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- ↑ Flora of North America v 26 p 635
- ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, distribution map
- ↑ Bentley, Stanley (2000). Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. p. 80. ISBN 0807848727.
- ↑ Freudenstein, J. V. 1997. A monograph of Corallorhiza (Orchidaceae). Harvard Papers in Botany 1(10): 5–51.
- ↑ Poiret, Jean Louis Marie. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (Second edition) 10: 375. 1818.
- ↑ Hamer, F. 1988. Orchids of Central America. Selbyana 10(Suppl.): 1–430.
