Liparis fuciflora, (Ten.) E. Nelson, 1962

D. M. Moore (ed.), 1980, CCIII Orchidaceae, Flora Europaea, Vol 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae, Camebridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 325-350 : 349

(d) Subsp. exaltata (Ten.) E. Nelson,

Gestaltwandel 169 (1962):

Perianth-segments green, the inner 1 /3- 1 /2(-2/3) as long as the outer. Labellum with indistinct basal protuberances, with a usually deflexed appendage; speculum reduced, often H-shaped or of lines or spots.

• C. Mediterranean region.

A variant from S. E. Italy (Monte Gargano), with the outer perianth-segments white or pink, the inner red, and the labellum dark brown or brownish-purple with a minute appendage, has been named subsp. sundermannii Soö, Acta Bot. Acad. Sei. Hung. 16:392 (1970). It has 2n = 36.

Variants from S. Italy, with flowers 25-35 mm and inner perianth-segments as long as the outer, have been named subsp. apulica O. & E. Danesch, Orchidee 21: 20 (1970).