Pseudorchis
Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland & Labrador).[1] (Codes) [2][3]
| Pseudorchis | |
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| Pseudorchis albida in Austria | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Asparagales | 
| Family: | Orchidaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae | 
| Tribe: | Orchideae | 
| Subtribe: | Orchidinae | 
| Genus: | Pseudorchis Ség.  | 
| Species: | P. albida  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudorchis albida | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Three subspecies are recognized:
- Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka
 - Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada
 - Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis (Beck) E.Klein - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- Séguier, J. F. (1754) Plantae Veronenses 3: 254.
 - Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 357 ff. Oxford University Press.
 - Berg Pana, H. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
 
External links
    
 Media related to Pseudorchis at Wikimedia Commons
 Data related to Pseudorchis at Wikispecies- "Pseudorchis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
 - Den virtuella floran - Distribution
 
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