Dichromanthus aurantiacus

Dichromanthus aurantiacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Spiranthinae
Genus: Dichromanthus
Species: D. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Dichromanthus aurantiacus
(Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas
Synonyms[1]
  • Neottia aurantiaca Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza
  • Stenorrhynchos aurantiacum (Lex.) Lindl.
  • Spiranthes aurantiaca (Lex.) Hemsl.
  • Gyrostachys aurantiaca (Lex.) Kuntze

Dichromanthus aurantiacus is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native much of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. It is a common and conspicuous weed in fallow fields in much of the region.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ↑ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  4. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140. (listed as Spiranthes aurantiaca)
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