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Synonyms

*''Orchis foliosa'' Sol. ex Lowe (1831), illegitimate homonym, not Sw. 1800 nor Masson ex Ker Gawl. 1819 nor Spreng. 1826 nor Schur 1866 *''Orchis latifolia'' var. ''foliosa'' Rchb.f. (1851) *''Dactylorchis orientalis'' subsp. ''foliosa'' (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898) *''Orchis orientalis'' subsp. ''foliosa'' (Rchb.f.) Klinge (1898) *''Dactylorchis foliosa'' (Rchb.f.) Verm. (1947) *''Orchis maderensis'' Summerh. (1947 publ. 1948) *''Dactylorhiza incarnata'' subsp. ''foliosa'' (Rchb.f.) H.Sund. (1975)

Gallery

Dactylorhiza foliosa - Levada do Caldeiro Verde - Madere - détail - cropped.jpg Dactylorhiza foliosa 1 web.jpg

References

External links

Czech Botany, ''Dactylorhiza foliosa''(Rchb. f.) Soó – Madeiran OrchidAlpine Garden Society
foliosa Flora of Madeira Endemic flora of Madeira Orchids of Europe Plants described in 1851 {{Orchidoideae-stub