Coeloglossum Hartm.

First published in Handb. Skand. Fl.: 323 (1820)
This name is a synonym of Dactylorhiza

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Bateman, R.M. & Rudall, P.J. (2018). Clarified relationship between Dactylorhiza viridis and Dactylorhiza iberica renders obsolete the former genus Coeloglossum (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae). Kew Bulletin 73(4): 1-17. [Cited as Dactylorhiza.]
  • Bateman, R.M. (2009). Evolutionary classification of European orchids: the crucial importance of maximising explicit evidence and minimising authoritarian speculation. Journal Europäischer Orchideen 41: 243-318. [Cited as Dactylorhiza.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Dactylorhiza.]
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Dactylorhiza.]
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 1-416. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Dactylorhiza.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Devos, N., Raspé, O., Jacquemart, A.-L. & Tyteca, D. (2006). On the monophyly of Dactylorhiza Necker ex Nevski (Orchidaceae): is Coeloglossum viride (L.) Hartman a Dactylorhiza?. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 152: 261-269. [Cited as Coeloglossum.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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