Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase subsp. tridentata

Taxonomy: Fam. Orchidaceae// Genus: Neotinea// Species: Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase

Variability: Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase subsp. tridentata

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Orchis tridentata subsp. commutata (Tod.) Nyman. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,2010) is Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase subsp. tridentata.

Distribution: Native from Central and South Europe to Caucasus and Jordan according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat: Found in open habitats – grassland along with other orchids such as Anacamptis morio (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase, Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase and Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.) Rich..

Lifeform: Perrenial; Geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring: MAY.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:998309-1 [Accessed 02.07.2021].

Neotinea tridentata subsp. tridentata. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=24414&PTRefFk=8000000 [Accessed 02.07.2021].

Neotinea tridentata subsp. tridentata. The Euro+Med PlantBase. Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2010. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c946c559-e468-47e1-82a5-dd56a4c90f47 [Accessed 29.11.2022].

Last update: 29.11.2022.