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Gymnadenia Dolomitensis
''Gymnadenia dolomitensis'' is a species of orchid found in the Dolomites mountain range of Italy. Description ''Gymandenia dolomitensis'' is part of the '' Gymnadenia miniata'' species complex and hard to distinguish from ''Gymnadenia miniata'', '' Gymnadenia bicolor'' and '' Gymnadenia hygrophila''. Flower color is red with a hint of purple, bottom flowers getting a lighter, pinkish color with age. Flowers are widely opened with the lip bent upwards and the side sepals folded in. Distribution The holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ... was found in the Dolomites in Italy which the species is also named for, growing at an altitude of 2460m. There has since been reports of ''G. dolomitensis'' from other locations including Germany and Austria but due to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. (See ''External links'' below). The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all species of seed plants. The largest genera are ''Bulbophyllum'' (2,000 species), ''Epidendrum'' (1,500 species), ''Dendrobium'' (1,400 species) and ''Pleurothallis'' (1,000 species). It also includes ''Vanilla'' (the genus of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, Dołomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Italian: ''Valsugana''). The Dolomites are located in the regions of Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli Venezia Giulia, covering an area shared between the provinces of Belluno, Vicenza, Verona, Trentino, South Tyrol, Udine and Pordenone. Other mountain groups of similar geological structure are spread along the River Piave to the east – ''Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave''; and far away over the Adige River to the west – ''Dolomiti di Brenta'' (Western Dolomites). A smaller group is called ''Piccole Dolomiti'' (Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnadenia Miniata
''Gymandenia miniata'' is a species of orchid native to the Eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains. It is similar in appearance to '' Gymnadenia bicolor''; both species were split from a former less defined taxon ''Nigritella rubra'' which referred to all red flowering ''Gymnadenia''. Description ''Gymnadenia miniata'' are 10–20cm high with about 6 grass-like leaves at the base, about 5 smaller leaves along the stem, and 3–4 bract-like leaves at the top. The inflorescence is cone or egg shaped, 18–26mm long and 15–18mm wide. The flowers are red (carmine to ruby) and all flowers have the same color. Buds are darker than the flowers. Bloom time is end of June to mid July. To distinguish ''G. miniata'' from the very similar and more common ''G. bicolor'', the flower color alone can be tricky. While ''G. miniata'' flowers always have a uniform and darker color and ''G. bicolor'' often has a gradient of colors from light at the bottom to dark at the top, ''G. bicolor'' can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnadenia Bicolor
''Gymandenia bicolor'' is a species of orchid occurring in the Eastern Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. It is very similar to ''Gymnadenia miniata ''Gymandenia miniata'' is a species of orchid native to the Eastern Alps and Carpathian Mountains. It is similar in appearance to '' Gymnadenia bicolor''; both species were split from a former less defined taxon ''Nigritella rubra'' which referre ...'' (sometimes called ''Gymnadenia rubra'') and often seen as a variation and not a separate species. Description ''Gymandenia bicolor'' looks very similar to ''Gymnadenia miniata'' but is differentiated by usually having brighter flowers at the base and sepals that are wider than the petals. The middle sepal (at the bottom) is usually bent downwards and very noticeable. The lip (at the top) is less curled than with ''miniata''. Taxonomy Plants now considered ''Gymnadenia bicolor'' were originally placed into ''Gymnadenia rubra'' by Wettstein in 1889. Foelsche sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnadenia Hygrophila
''Gymandenia hygrophila'' is a species of orchid occurring in the southeastern Alps in Italy and Austria. Description ''Gymandenia hygrophila'' is part of the ''Gymnadenia miniata'' species complex and hard to distinguish from ''Gymnadenia miniata'', ''Gymnadenia bicolor'' and ''Gymnadenia dolomitensis''. The most distinguishing feature is the shape of the inflorescence when it is starting to bloom - a cone about as high as wide. The flowers have a uniform dark red color and the lips are opened wide. Distribution The flowers were first described from Pordoi Pass in Italy and later also found at locations in the northeastern and southeastern Limestone Alps. The species is said to prefer moist conditions (hence the name ''hygrophila''). Taxonomy ''Gymandenia hygrophila'' was described in 2011 as ''Nigritella hygrophila'' by Foelsche & Heidtke and then renamed to ''Gymnadenia hygrophila''. A morphological comparison by Lorenz and Perazza argued that ''Gymandenia hygrophila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, where holotype and isotypes are often pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same gathering. A holotype is not necessarily "typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnadenia
''Gymnadenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) containing 22 terrestrial species. The former genus ''Nigritella'' is now included in ''Gymnadenia''. They can be found in damp meadows, fens and marshes, and on chalk or limestone, often in alpine regions of Europe and Asia from Portugal to Kamchatka, including China, Japan, Mongolia, Siberia, the Himalayas, Iran, Ukraine, Germany, Scandinavia, Great Britain, etc. The fragrant orchid (''Gymnadenia conopsea'') has been introduced into the USA and is reportedly naturalized in Connecticut. These hardy terrestrial orchids are deciduous. They survive the winter through two deep-cut tubers. Long lanceolate green leaves grow at the bottom of the stem. There are some small leaves at the stop of the stem. They flower during the summer. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical spike between 5 and 30 cm long. It can consists of up to 150 small pleasant-smelling flowers. It is recently discovered that eug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of The Alps
__NOTOC__ The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south. The flora of the Alps are diverse. In the mountains, the vegetation gradually changes with altitude, sun exposure, and location on the mountain. There are five successive life zones, each with distinct landscapes and vegetation characteristics: premontane, montane, subalpine, alpine, and alvar. List of Alpine plants A *'' Achillea atrata'' *''Aconitum lycoctonum'' *'' Aconitum napellus'' *''Adenostyles alliariae'' *'' Adenostyles leucophylla'' *''Agrimonia eupatoria'' *'' Alchemilla alpina'' *'' Allium insubricum'' *''Androsace alpina'' *'' Androsace brevis'' *'' Androsace carnea'' *'' Anemone vernalis'' *''Antennaria dioica'' *'' Aquilegia alpina'' *'' Arctostaphylos alpinus'' *'' Arenaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Austria
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms ''gut flora'' or '' skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de Phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Italy
The flora of Italy is all the plant life present in the territory of the Italian Republic. The flora of Italy was traditionally estimated to comprise about 5,500 vascular plant species. However, , 7,672 species are recorded in the second edition of the flora of Italy and in its digital archives ''Digital flora of Italy''. In particular, 7,031 are autochthonous and 641 are non native species widely naturalized since more than three decades. Additionally, further 468 exotic species have been recorded as adventitious or naturalized in more recent times. Geobotanically, the Italian flora is shared between the Circumboreal Region and Mediterranean Region. According to the index compiled by the Italian Ministry for the Environment in 2001, 274 vascular plant species were protected. Italy has 1,371 endemic plant species and subspecies. Biodiversity Italy is one of the richest European countries in both plant and animal biodiversity, with a population very rich in endemic forms. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
