Published December 31, 1980 | Version v1
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Nigritella nigra (L.) Reichenb. fil. 1851

Description

1. N.nigra (L.) Reichenb. fil.,

Icon FI. Germ. 13-14: 102 (1851) (Gymnadenianigra (L.) Reichenb.).

Stems 5-30 cm, somewhat angled, rather slender. Leaves 3-20 cm, linear to linear-lanceolate, acute to subobtuse, canaliculate, with denticu­ late margins. Spike 10-25 cm, many-flowered. Flowers 5-10 mm. Perianth-segments lanceolate to sublinear, acute. Labellum subtriangular to lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, entire or some­ times crenulate. Spur saccate, obtuse, violet or whitish. 2n = 64.

Meadows; somewhat calcicole.

Norway and Sweden; mountains of Europe southwards to N. Spain, C. Appennini and S. Greece. Al Au Bu Ga Ge Gr He Hs It Ju No Rm Su.

1 Lateral inner perianth-segments c.1 /2as wide as the outer; flowers usually blackish-crimson (a) subsp.nigra

1 Lateral inner perianth-segments about as wide as the outer; flowers red to whitish

2 Spike ±cylindrical; basal leaves 7-12 (b) subsp.rubra

2 Spike conical; basal leaves 12-18 (c) subsp.comeliana

Notes

Published as part of D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, pp. 325-350 in Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge :Cambridge University Press on page 333, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215522

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Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Nigritella
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Asparagales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Scientific name authorship
(L.) Reichenb. fil.
Species
nigra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nigritella nigra fil., 1851 sec. Moore, 1980