Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Dactylorhiza |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | D. m. subsp. baltica
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Trinomial name | |
Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica | |
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Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica is a subspecies of Dactylorhiza majalis.[2] Sometimes this plant is considered as a separate species, Dactylorhiza baltica.[3]
This plant ranges from northern Poland to the Baltic states, Finland, central and northern European Russia, western and central Siberia, and Kazakhstan.[1]
The plant was first described as Orchis latifolia subsp. baltica by Johannes Christoph Klinge in 1898. In 1980 it was renamed Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. baltica.[1]