Microsytlis monophyllos, (L.) Lindley, 1830

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 350

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.215522

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283513

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scientific name

Microsytlis monophyllos
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1. M. monophyllos (L.) Lindley ,

Gen. Sp. Orchid. 19 (1830) ( Malaxis monophyllos View in CoL (L.) Swartz).

Stem (8-)10~30cm; basal pseudobulb surrounded by old leaf-sheaths. Leaf solitary, rarely 2, 3-6 cm, ovate to elliptical. Flowers numerous, in a rather lax, spike-like raceme 3-15 cm. Perianth-segments 2-2-7 mm, greenish; outer ovate to ovate-lanceolate, the lateral erect, the median pointed downwards; inner linear, directed downwards, slightly recurved. Labellum broadly lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, slightly incurved, thickened and densely tuberculate beneath towards apex, as long as other perianth-segments.

Sphagnum- bogs, wet meadows and scrub.

N., C. & E. Europe, westwards to C. Norway and C. Switzerland, and southwards to N. Italy and S. Russia. Au Cz Fe Ge He fHu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W) Su.

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