Cranichis muscosa, the cypress-knee helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is widespread across most of the West Indies, extending into Central America, southern Mexico, Belize, northern South America, and southern Florida.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of North America v 26 p 547, Cranichis muscosa Swartz, Prodr. 120. 1788. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution mapHammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.Sayers, B. & Du Plooy, H. (2003). Additions to the Orchid Flora of Belize. Lankesteriana 8: 1-3.Harling, G. & Andersson, L. (2005). 225(2). Orchidaceae Genera Aa-Cyrtidiorchis. Flora of Ecuador 76: 1-347. Botanical Institute, University of Göteborg, Riksmuseum, StockholmHokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Dueñas Gómez, H.del C. & Fernández Alonso, J.L. (2009). Sinopsis de la subfamilia Spiranthoideae (Orchidaceae) en Colombia, parte II. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 33: 157-181.Macagnan, T.A., de Camargo Smidt, E. & Oliveira de Azevedo, C. (2011). A subtribo Cranichinae Lindl. (Orchidaceae) no estado do Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira da Botánica 34: 447-461.Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
References
External links
US Department of Agriculture plants profile IOSPE orchid photos, Cranichis muscosa Sw. 1788 Photo © by Prem Subrahmanyam and his The Florida Native Blog Plants of Saint Lucia, wild flowering plants, Cranichis muscosa Plants of the Eastern Caribbean, Cranichis muscosa Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Herbarium Jany Renz, Cranichis muscosa Lachaussette Rouge, Cranichis muscosa photo gallery Florida Native Orchid Blog, Friday, February 6, 2009, hanging on by thread, Cranichis muscosa