Ponthieva racemosa

Hairy shadow witch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Genus:	Ponthieva
Species:	P. racemosa
Binomial name
	Ponthieva racemosa; (Walter) C.Mohr
Synonyms
	Arethusa racemosa Walter (basionym); Neottia glandulosa Sims; Epipactis pubescens Pursh; Ponthieva glandulosa (Sims) R.Br.; Cranichis multiflora Elliott ex Nutt.; Serapias pubescens (Pursh) Steud.; Listera pubescens (Pursh) Elliott; Nerissa glandulosa (Sims) Raf.; Neottia pubera Steud.; Ponthieva oblongifolia A.Rich. & Galeotti; Ponthieva lancifolia A.Rich.; Ponthieva glandulosa var. macra Rchb.f.; Ponthieva guatemalensis Rchb.f.; Ponthieva orchioides Schltr.; Ponthieva costaricensis Schltr.; Ophrys pubera Michx.;

Ponthieva racemosa, commonly called the hairy shadow witch or racemose ponthieva, is a species of orchid found from the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia), Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America as far south as Bolivia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 548, Ponthieva racemosa (Walter) C. Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 460. 1901.
^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map, Ponthieva racemosa
^ Dressler, R.L. 2003. Orchidaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. 3. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 1–595.
^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Cat. Vasc. Pl. Ecuador, Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
^ Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1923. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, Beihefte 19: 84.
^ Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. 1866. Beitrage zu einer Orchideenkunde Central-Amerika's 63.

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