Orchis spitzelii Saut.
Creators: name: Calevo, Jacopo
name: Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.
name: Fay, Michael F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Orchis
Orchis spitzelii

description: Orchis spitzelii Saut.
ex W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 686 (1837) subsp. spitzelii
Type:— AUSTRIA. Weissbachelalpe im Buchweissbache bei Saalfelden in Tyrol, Jun 1835, von Spitzel s.n. (holotype: W; isotypes: GOET-013806!, JE-00011290!).
Homotypic synonyms: Orchis patens var. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Fiori & Paol. in A.Fiori et al., Fl. Italia 1: 244 (1898). Orchis patens subsp. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Á.Löve & Kjellq., Lagascalia 3: 176 (1973).
Heterotypic synonyms: Orchis patens var. orientalis Rchb.f. in H. G. L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13–14: 40 (1851). Orchis patens ‘c’ orientalis (Rchb.f.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 269 (1890). Orchis orientalis (Rchb.f.) Klinge, Trudy Imp. S. -Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 182 (1898).
Type:— Crecit in dumetis Da.: Lesinae Stalio in Vis. l.c.! Botteri! Ott. Taurus Veit n. 180! Note: two syntypes: Croatia, Lesina Island, Petter s.n. [sic] and Taurus, Veit 180 are mounted on the same sheet in W, and Hautzinger (1978) did not select one as the lectotype. We have therefore here designated the specimen on the right, Taurus, 1845, Veit 180, W 0031460 A as the lectotype.
Orchis spitzelii var. sendtneri Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13–14: 41 (1851). Orchis spitzelii f. sendtneri (Rchb. f.) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 50 (1928).
Type:— BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. Nordostseite des Vlassich in Bosnien, 26 Jun 1847, Sendtner 172 (lectotype W 0031461!, designated by Hautzinger, 1978 as “holotype”; possible isolectotype K-000796429!). The specimen Sendtner 401 from Bosnia at Munich (M0080165) is not a type.
Orchis patens var. atlantica Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C. Trabut, Fl. Alger: 194 (1884). Orchis spitzelii var. atlantica (Batt.) Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 30: 242 (2013). Type:— ALGERIA. Zaccar de Miliana (sommet), Batandier s.n. (lectotype: MPU-007158, selected by Hautzinger, 1978, as “ holotype ”).
Orchis viridifusca Albov, Prodr. Fl. Colchic.: 229 (1895). Orchis patens var. viridifusca (Albov) Soó in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur. 2: 167 (1932).
Type:— GEORGIA. Mingrélie, Mt Ourasch, 2 Jul 1893, Albov 240 (lectotype: G-00165906!, designated by Hautzinger 1978; isolectotype: G-00176151!
Orchis mrkvickana Velen., Reliq. Mrkvic.: 29 (1922).
Type:— BULGARIA. Nidže Planina vrch Sokol, 19 May 1916. Mrkvička 44 (holotype: PRC-451095!).
Orchis maireana G.Keller, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 167 (1932), nom. illeg., pro syn.
Orchis spitzelii var. gotlandica B.Pett., Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 13: 174 (1940). Orchis spitzelii subsp. gotlandica (B.Pett.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Icel. Univ. Inst. Appl. Sci. Rep. 3: 103 (1948). Type:— SWEDEN. Gotland: aerohalin facies av mjölontallskog, 4 Jun 1939, Petterson s.n. (lectotype: UPS! designated by Hautzinger 1977).
Orchis patens subsp. falcicalcarata Wildh., Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 84: 252 (1974).
Type:— GREECE. Crete: upper part of the Monastiriaki gorge SW of Thripti (35°05’N / 25°5’30”E), elev. 600m, steep slopes with Pinus brutia woods, Apr 1972 & May 1974, Wildhaber s.n. (holotype: Z!).
Orchis bungii Hautz., Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 81: 38 (1978).
Type: IRAN. Shiraz: Kuh Bungi bei Daescht-aerdschin, 24 May 1885, Stapf s.n. (holotype: WU!).
Orchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 267 (2005). Androrchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch. 41: 352 (2009). Orchis latiflora (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 96(Orchid. 28): 20 (2015).
Type:— LEBANON. Ehden: 1500–1600 m, 23 May 2002, Baumann & Baumann s.n. (holotype: STU).
Orchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 925 (2005). Orchis spitzelii f. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 88: 248 (2007). Androrchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch. 41: 352 (2009).
Type:— ALGERIA. Miliana, 20 May 1977, Baumann & Baumann s.n. (holotype: STU)
Distribution:— Sweden (Gotland), Spain, France, Corsica, Italy, Austria, Croatia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Crimea?, Caucasus (Georgia, southern Russia), Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Algeria. Extinct in Germany.
description: Published as part of Calevo, Jacopo, Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. & Fay, Michael F., 2023, A taxonomic overview of Orchis sect. Robustocalcare (Orchidaceae), pp. 157-162 in Phytotaxa 592 (2) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.592.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/7840332