Cranichis muscosa explained
Cranichis muscosa, the cypress-knee helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is widespread across most of the West Indies, extending into Central America, southern Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and southern Florida.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
External links
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile
- IOSPE orchid photos, Cranichis muscosa Sw. 1788 Photo © by Prem Subrahmanyam and his The Florida Native Blog
- Plants of Saint Lucia, wild flowering plants, Cranichis muscosa
- Plants of the Eastern Caribbean, Cranichis muscosa
- Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, Cranichis muscosa
- Lachaussette Rouge, Cranichis muscosa photo gallery
- Florida Native Orchid Blog, Friday, February 6, 2009, hanging on by thread, Cranichis muscosa
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=48659 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101539 Flora of North America v 26 p 547, Cranichis muscosa Swartz, Prodr. 120. 1788.
- http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Cranichis%20muscosa.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
- Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Sayers, B. & Du Plooy, H. (2003). Additions to the Orchid Flora of Belize. Lankesteriana 8: 1-3.
- Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, Stockholm
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández Alonso, J.L. (2009). Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, parte II. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 33: 157-181.
- Macagnan, T.A., de Camargo Smidt, E. & Oliveira de Azevedo, C. (2011). A subtribo Cranichinae Lindl. (Orchidaceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira da Botánica 34: 447-461.
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
