''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) native to

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Species

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Galearis camtschatica ''Galearis camtschatica'' is a species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Korea, northern Japan, and the Russian Far East (Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Krai). Taxonomy The species was first descr ...

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, Korea, Russian Far East * ''

Galearis cyclochila ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' (Franch. & Sav.) Soó –

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, Korea, Russian Far East * ''

Galearis fauriei ''Galearis fauriei'' is a species of orchid endemic to Japan (southern Honshu , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the ...

'' (Finet) P.F.Hunt – Japan * ''

Galearis huanglongensis ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' Q.W.Meng & Y.B.Luo – Sichuan * ''

Galearis roborovskyi ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' (Maxim.) S.C.Chen, P.J.Cribb & S.W.Gale – China, Tibet, Nepal, eastern Himalayas * ''

Galearis rotundifolia ''Galearis rotundifolia'' is a species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is commonly called roundleaf orchis and small round-leaved orchid. It is a succulent perennial herb native to North America, where it occurs through ...

'' (Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman – Canada, Greenland, northern United States * ''

Galearis spathulata ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt – China, Himalayas, Nepal,

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Galearis spectabilis ''Galearis spectabilis'', commonly known as showy orchis or showy orchid, is an orchid species of the genus '' Galearis''. It is native to eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick) and much of the eastern half of the United States (from ...

'' (L.) Raf. – eastern Canada; eastern and central United States * ''

Galearis tschiliensis ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' (Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, S.W.Gale & R.M.Bateman – China * ''

Galearis wardii ''Galearis'' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae) native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species. The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the roo ...

'' (W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt – China including Tibet

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* * Orchideae genera Orchids of China Orchids of Russia Orchids of Japan Orchids of Korea Orchids of Nepal Orchids of Myanmar Flora of East Himalaya Flora of West Himalaya Flora of Tibet Orchids of Canada Flora of Alaska Flora of Greenland Orchids of the United States {{Orchidoideae-stub