Spiranthes Graminea
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''Spiranthes graminea'' or the Canelo lady's tresses is a species of
orchid 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. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...
found in Mexico and Central America.


Distribution and habitat

''Spiranthes graminea'' has been found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua.


Taxonomy

The species was published in 1840 by
John Lindley John Lindley Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidology, orchidologist. Early years Born in Old Catton, Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four c ...
, under the current name of ''Spiranthes graminea''. Plants collected in 1968 in Arizona were first thought to be ''Spiranthes graminea'' (and are still listed by some publications as occurring in the US), but the plants found in the US were moved to their own species in 1990, '' Spiranthes delitescens''.


References

graminea ''Graminea'' is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae.Biolib.cz - ''Graminea''
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