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Taxon:  Orchis mascula (L.) L.



Summary
Genus:
Orchis
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Tribe:
Orchideae
Nomen number:
25895
Place of publication:
Fl. suec. ed. 2:310. 1755
Verified:
05/10/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Orchis morio L. var. mascula L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
  3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  5. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. 1993 Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  6. Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. 2004 http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
  7. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941 Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  8. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  10. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963 Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  11. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963- Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  12. Stace, C. New flora of the British Isles. 1995
  13. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. Flora of Iraq. 1966- Note: lists as O. mascula L.
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Common names
English
early purple orchid –
salep –
Swedish
Sankt Pers nycklar –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands (La Palma)]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n. & w.), Iraq (n.e.), Lebanon, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Economic Uses
CITES Appendix II
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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