Malaxis unifolia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Malaxis unifolia']

• English: Green adder's-mouth orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Malaxideae • Genus: Malaxis • Species: Malaxis unifolia Michx. (1803)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf., Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808) Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb., Prelim. Cat.: 51 (1888) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis ophioglossoides Walter, Fl. Carol.: 220 (1788) Malaxis ophioglossoides Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 90 (1805) Microstylis ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. ex Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 3: 353 (1822) Prescottia ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 706 (1826) Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1290 (1829) Achroanthes laxiflora Raf., New Fl. 1: 58 (1836) Achroanthes obtusifolia Raf., New Fl. 1: 58 (1836) Malaxis thlaspiformis A.Rich. & Galeotti, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 18 (1845) Microstylis grisebachiana Fawc. & Rendle, J. Bot. 47: 7 (1909) Malaxis grisebachiana (Fawc. & Rendle) Fawc. & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 1: 43 (1910) Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia Mousley, Orchid Rev. 35: 163 (1927) Malaxis unifolia f. variegata Mousley, Orchid Rev. 35: 164 (1927) Malaxis amplexicolumna E.W.Greenw. & R.González, Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 8: 123 (1981) Microstylis unifolia var. bifolia (Mousley) Marg., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 109: 186 (2007 publ. 2008)

Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Botanical illustrations

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  Malaxis unifolia
  (as syn.
  Microstylis ophioglossoides)
  plate 1290 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 15,
  (1829)
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  Malaxis unifolia
  Fig. 376 page 733 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Western Canada Manitoba. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Malaxis unifolia.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Malaxis unifolia