''Chamorchis'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s from the orchid family,

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

. It contains only one known species, ''Chamorchis alpina'', known as the false orchid or false musk orchid, and found in subarctic and subalpine parts of

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, the

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, the

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, northern European

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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References

* Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). ''Genera Orchidacearum'' 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart

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AHO Bayern, Zwergorchis ''Chamorchis alpina''

Flore Alpes, Orchis nain, ''Chamorchis alpina''
Orchideae genera Orchids of Europe Orchideae Monotypic Orchidoideae genera {{Orchidoideae-stub

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