Neotinea tridentata (Scop.) R. M. Bateman, Pridgeon & M. W. Chase subsp. tridentata (syn. Orchis tridentata subsp. commutata (Tod.) Nyman)

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

Determined according to the botanical key provided by de Soó (1980 in Tutin et al.) 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 – pastures, grasslands and clearings of forests from the lowland up to c. 1100 m altitude, usually on calcareous soil. Recorded localities: village of Beli region, village of Pantelej region,

Lifeform: Perrenial; geophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Spring – early summer, depending on altitude: APR, MAY, JUN.

Locality: village of Beli region.

*Neotinea tridentata* subsp. tridentata – habit. Hills near village of Beli, 01.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Neotinea tridentata* subsp. tridentata – habit. Hills near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Ratkova skala region, near village of Ratkovica at c. 1100 m altitude.

*Neotinea tridentata* subsp. *tridentata* – habit in habitat. Osogovo – near village of Ratkovica (Ratkova skala region), 08.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Pantelej region.

*Neotinea tridentata* subsp. *tridentata* – habit. Osogovo – village of Pantelej region, 03.05.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

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].

de Soó, R. 1980. Orchis L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 337–342.

Last update: 05.01.2026.

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