Corallorhiza mertensiana

Pacific coralroot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Corallorhiza
Species:
C. mertensiana
Binomial name
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Bong.
Synonyms[1]
  • Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze
  • Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
  • Corallorhiza vancouveriana Finet
  • Corallorhiza purpurea L.O.Williams
  • Corallorhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br.
  • Corallorhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br.

Corallorhiza mertensiana, or Pacific coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to the shady conifer forests of northwestern North America.[1][2] It also goes by the common names Western coralroot and Mertens' coralroot.[3] Corallorhiza mertensiana was previously considered a subspecies of Corallorhiza maculata but was given species rank in 1997 by Freudenstein.[4]

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". Wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ "USDA Plants Database".
  3. ^ Turner, Mark & Phyllis Gustafson. Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guide.
  4. ^ Lee Taylor, D.; Bruns, Thomas D. (October 1999). "Population, habitat and genetic correlates of mycorrhizal specialization in the 'cheating' orchids Corallorhiza maculata and C. mertensiana" (PDF). Molecular Ecology. 8 (10): 1719–1732. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00760.x. PMID 10583834. S2CID 11787454. Retrieved 18 March 2022.