Zeuxine strateumatica

Zeuxine strateumatica, common names lawn orchid or soldier orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Asia, including China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia, as well as in New Guinea and in some of the islands of the Pacific.[1] It is naturalized in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Tamaulipas (in northeastern Mexico), West Indies, Hawaii, California, and the southeastern United States from Texas to Georgia.[2][3][4][5][6]

Lawn orchid
soldier orchid
Zeuxine strateumatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Tribe:
Cranichideae
Subtribe:
Goodyerinae
Genus:
Zeuxine
Species:
Z. strateumatica
Binomial name
Zeuxine strateumatica
(Linnaeus) Schlechter
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Orchis strateumatica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 943. 1753
  • Adenostylis emarginata Blume
  • Adenostylis integerrima Blume
  • Adenostylis strateumatica (Linnaeus) Ames
  • Adenostylis sulcata (Roxburgh) Hayata
  • Neottia strateumatica (Linnaeus) R. Brown
  • Pterygodium sulcatum Roxburgh
  • Spiranthes strateumatica (Linnaeus) Lindley
  • Tripleura pallida Lindley
  • Zeuxine bonii Gagnepain
  • Zeuxine bracteata Wight
  • Zeuxine brevifolia Wight
  • Zeuxine emarginata (Blume) Lindley
  • Zeuxine integerrima (Blume) Lindley
  • Zeuxine procumbens Blume
  • Zeuxine robusta Wight
  • Zeuxine rupicola Fukuyama
  • Zeuxine stenochila Schlechter
  • Zeuxine strateumatica f. rupicola (Fukuyama) T. Hashimoto
  • Zeuxine strateumatica var. rupicola (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying
  • Zeuxine sulcata (Roxburgh) Lindley
  • Zeuxine tripleura Lindley
  • Zeuxine wariana Schlechter.

Zeuxine strateumatica is a perennial herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long. Flowers are borne in an erect panicle of as many as 50 flowers, each white with a yellow lip.[3]

In its natural habitat in Asia, Zeuxine strateumatica grows in grasslands, and along streambanks.[1] In places where it is introduced, it frequently grows in lawns and agricultural fields, and is thus considered a nuisance weed.[3]

References
  1. Flora of China, v 25 p 72, 线柱兰 xian zhu lan, Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of North America, v 26 p 519, Lawn orchid, soldier orchid, Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter
  4. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Zeuxine strateumatica, least concern
  5. Luiz Menini Neto, Marcelo Rodrigues Miranda, David Cruz. 2011. Zeuxine strateumatica (Orchidaceae) goes south: a first record for Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(1):155-158.
  6. Listada de Orquídeas Mexicanas, Zeuxine strateumatica, especie naturalizada en Tamaulipas
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