Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador). (Codes) Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide candida, Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Three subspecies are recognized: Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia
See also List of Orchidaceae genera
References
, J. F. (1754) Plantae Veronenses 3: 254. (2001). Orchidoideae (Part 1). Genera Orchidacearum 2: 357 ff. Oxford University Press. 2005. Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee. Ulmer, Stuttgart
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