Limodorum abortivum (Linnaeus) Swartz 1799

Main Author: D. M. Moore (ed.)
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: Cambridge University Press , 1980
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6283057
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  • 1. L. abortivum (L.) Swartz , Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sei. Upsal. 6: 80 (1799) (Ionorchis abortiva (L.) G. Beck). Rhizome densely covered with thickish roots. Stems 40-80 cm, erect, robust, rigid; scales numerous. Racemes (10—)15—33 cm, lax, 4- to 25-flowered. Perianth-segments c. 2 cm, the outer oblong-lanceolate, the inner slightly shorter and narrower, violet. Labellum 1 -6- 1 -7 cm, triangular, with undulate margins, yellow and violet. Spur up to 1 -5 cm, cylindrical. 2n = 56. Woods and shady grassland; calci­ cole. C. & S. Europe, extending north-westwards to Belgium. A 1 Au Be B 1 Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa Si. Plants found in W. C. Portugal (N. of Lisboa), and also in N. Africa, have been distinguished as subsp. trabutianum (Batt.) Rouy, Fl. Fr. 13: 208 (1912), which has a very short spur, a sub- linear labellum and 2n = 60. It occurs intermingled with the typical form and probably merits no more than varietal status.
  • 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 329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215522