Habenaria macroceratitis

Habenaria macroceratitis (big-horn bog orchid or long-horned false rein orchid) is a species of orchid closely related to H. quinqueseta and often mistaken for it.[2][3] Habenaria macroceratitis is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas), and Florida.[1][4][5][6]

Habenaria macroceratitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Tribe:
Orchideae
Subtribe:
Orchidinae
Genus:
Habenaria
Species:
H. macroceratitis
Binomial name
Habenaria macroceratitis
Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchis habenaria L.
  • Nemuranthes habenaria (L.) Raf
  • Habenaria habenaria (L.) Small, invalid
  • Habenaria quinqueseta var. macroceratitis (Willd.) Luer
  • Habenaria macroceras Spreng.
  • Orchis longicornis Sessé & Moc.

References
  1. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org.
  2. Flora of North America v 26 p 582, Habenaria quinqueseta (Michaux) Eaton, Man. Bot. ed. 5: 253. 1829.
  3. Brown, P. M. 2000. Recent taxonomic and distributional notes from Florida 7. The genus Habenaria. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 6: 148–158.
  4. Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids, Long-horned false rein orchid (Habenaria macroceratitis)
  5. Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
  6. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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