271503 Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó
Distribution
Northern Fennoscandia: Rare
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent
- Soó, Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza: 3 (1962). - Orchis incarnata L., Fl. Suec., ed. 2: 312 (1755). Lectotype (LINN): Sweden. Herb. Linn. 1054.33 (Vermeulen 1947: 89, 101). - Dactylorchis incarnata (L.) Verm., Stud. Dactyl.: 65 (1947).
- Orchis cruenta O.F. Müll., Fl. Dan. 5, 15: 4 (1782). Described from Røros in Sør-Trøndelag (Norway). - Dactylorchis incarnata subsp. cruenta (O.F. Müll.) Verm., Stud. Dactyl.: 124 (1947). - Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp. cruenta (O.F. Müll.) P.D. Sell, Watsonia 6: 317 (1967). - Dactylorhiza cruenta (O.F. Müll.) Soó, Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza: 4 (1962).
2n=
40 (4x). - Europe (N, C?), Russia. - Numerous reports for both "incarnata" and "cruenta".
Geography: European - Asian (W): RUS.
Notes: Dactylorhiza incarnata reaches the Arctic in the Murman area in European Russia.
The two sets of names above have been applied in one or more of our major sources for names. There are very numerous names now connected to this species.
Dactylorhiza incarnata is extremely polymorphic and numerous species have been described in its relationship, among them the northern D. cruenta with leaves densely spotted on both sides (and the plant strongly pigmented throughout) as different from the unspotted D. incarnata s. str. Molecular markers do not differentiate among these proposed species (Hedrén et al. 2001). The 'spot' character probably appears independently in several parts of the species.
Higher Taxa
- Dactylorhiza [2715,genus]