Herminium monorchis explained

Herminium monorchis, the musk orchid, is a commonly occurring species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe and northern Asia from France to Japan, including China, Siberia, Mongolia, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, etc.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It has a localised distribution in Britain; sites where it is found include Ham Hill in Wiltshire^[4] and Noar Hill in Hampshire.^[5]

External links

• First Nature Herminium monorchis - Musk Orchid
• Rogier van Vugt, Flora of the Netherlands, Herminium monorchis
• Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
• Tela Botanica, Orchis musc, Herminium monorchis (L.) R.Br.
• AHO Bayern, Kleine Einknolle, Honigorchis, Elfenständel, Herminium monorchis
• Botany Czech, toříček jednohlízný / trčuľa jednohľuzá, Herminium monorchis

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=98526 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=herminium+monorchis Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide ad un bulbo, Musk Orchid, Herminium monorchis (L.) R. Br.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200028715 Flora of China v 25 p 122, 角盘兰 jiao pan lan, Herminium monorchis (Linnaeus) R. Brown in W. T. Aiton, Hortus Kew., ed. 2. 5: 191. 1813.
4. Web site: November 2022 . The Rare Plants of Wiltshire 2000 - 2020 . Wiltshire Botanical Society.
5. Web site: Herminium monorchis, Musk Orchid.