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Northern marsh orchid
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Dactylorhiza purpurella
Scientific classification
Genus:
Dactylorhiza
Species:
purpurella
Synonyms
  • Orchis purpurella T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson (1920) (Basionym)
  • Dactylorchis purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Verm. (1947)
  • Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) D.M. Moore & Soó (1978)
  • Dactylorhiza majalis var. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) R.M. Bateman & Denholm (1983)
  • Dactylorhiza cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) Aver.
  • also several more varietal names proposed

Dactylorhiza purpurella, the northern marsh orchid, is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark.

Two varieties are recognised:

  • Dactylorhiza purpurella var. cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) R.M.Bateman & Denholm - coastal Great Britain and Denmark
  • Dactylorhiza purpurella subsp. purpurella - Ireland and northern Great Britain. Recorded from Co. Donegal in Ireland.

See also

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