Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

S.G. Aiken, M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L. McJannet, L.J. Gillespie, R.L. Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, A.K. Brysting and H. Solstad


Orchidaceae A.L. de Jussieu

Orchid family.

Orchidaceae, orchid family.

Reproductive morphology. Flowering stems present. Petals free. Stamens 1, or 2 (pollinea). Fruit a capsule.

Chromosome information. 2n = 38–40. 38-42. Hagerup (1941a northern Europe); Sørensen and Westergaard in Löve and Löve (1948 Greenland); Löve (1954b Iceland); Löve and Löve (1956b Iceland, 1981c central Canada); Jørgensen et al. (1958 Greenland); Sorsa (1963c Finland, 2n = c.42); Laane (1967 Norway); Krogulevich (1976 northern Siberia); Averyanov (1979 northwestern Russia, 2n = 38); Dalgaard (1988 western Greenland). Several more southern counts.


Cite this publication as: ‘S.G. Aiken, M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L. McJannet, L.J. Gillespie, R.L. Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, A.K. Brysting and H. Solstad. 1999 onwards. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Version: 29th April 2003. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/’. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).

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