''Dactylorhiza lapponica'', the Lapland marsh-orchid, is an

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found in

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/ref> Three subspecies are recognized: *''Dactylorhiza lapponica'' subsp. ''angustata'' (Arv.-Touv.) Kreutz - France *''Dactylorhiza lapponica'' subsp. ''lapponica'' - Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic *''Dactylorhiza lapponica'' subsp. ''rhaetica'' H.Baumann & R.Lorenz - northern Italy It was originally published and described by Lars Levi Laestadius and

Carl Johan Hartman Carl Johan Hartman (14 April 1790 in Gävle – 28 August 1849 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and botanist. Works * Handbok i Skandinaviens flora, 1820, 11. Auflage 1879 (spätere Auflagen von seinem Sohn herausgegeben) * Utkast till b ...

as ''Orchis angustifolia'' var. ''lapponica'' in Handb. Skand. Fl., edition 4 on page 281 in 1843, but it was then re-published as ''Dactylorhiza lapponica'' in Nom. Nov. Gen. Dactylorhiza Vol.5 in 1962. The plant has been studied for

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seed germination.

References

* Orchids of Europe Flora of Finland Flora of Norway Flora of Sweden Flora of the Alps lapponica Plants described in 1843 {{Orchidoideae-stub