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Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Corallorhiza mertensiana']

English: Pacific coralroot, western coralroot
مصرى: كورالورهيزا ميرتينسيانا
français: Corallorhize de l'Ouest

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Calypsoeae • Genus: Corallorhiza • Species: Corallorhiza mertensiana Bong. (1833)

Homotypic synonyms
- Neottia mertensiana (Bong.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 674 (1891)
- Corallorhiza maculata subsp. mertensiana (Bong.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor, Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1393 (1965)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Corallorhiza vancouveriana Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 100 (1909)
- Corallorhiza purpurea L.O.Williams, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 59: 427 (1932)
- Corallorhiza mertensiana f. albolabia P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 9 (1995)
- Corallorhiza mertensiana f. pallida P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 197 (1995)

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Flowers

Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Mount Pilchuck State Park
Mount Pilchuck State Park

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Corallorhiza mertensiana.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Corallorhiza mertensiana

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