Zeuxine strateumatica
Lawn orchid soldier orchid | |
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Zeuxine strateumatica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Subtribe: | Goodyerinae |
Genus: | Zeuxine |
Species: | Z. strateumatica |
Binomial name | |
Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Zeuxine strateumatica, common names lawn orchid or soldier orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchids. It is widespread across much of Asia, including China, Japan, Uzbekistan, Iran, the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia, as well as in New Guinea and in some of the islands of the Pacific.[1] It is naturalized in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Tamaulipas (in northeastern Mexico), West Indies, Hawaii, California, and the southeastern United States from Texas to Georgia.[2][3][4][5][6]
Zeuxine strateumatica is a perennial herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are linear or narrowly lanceolate, up to 9 cm long. Flowers are borne in an erect panicle of as many as 50 flowers, each white with a yellow lip.[3]
In its natural habitat in Asia, Zeuxine strateumatica grows in grasslands, and along streambanks.[1] It places where it is introduced, it very often grows on lawns and in agricultural fields, and is thus considered a nuisance weed.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Flora of China, v 25 p 72, 线柱兰 xian zhu lan, Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America, v 26 p 519, Lawn orchid, soldier orchid, Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter
- ↑ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Zeuxine strateumatica, least concern
- ↑ Luiz Menini Neto, Marcelo Rodrigues Miranda, David Cruz. 2011. Zeuxine strateumatica (Orchidaceae) goes south: a first record for Brazil. Kew Bulletin 66(1):155-158.
- ↑ Listada de Orquídeas Mexicanas, Zeuxine strateumatica, especie naturalizada en Tamaulipas
External links
- Media related to Zeuxine strateumatica at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Zeuxine strateumatica at Wikispecies
- Alabama Plants, Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr. - Lawn Orchid, Soldier's Orchid
- Flowers of India, Lawn orchid, Soldier's Orchid, Zeuxine strateumatica
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Dave's Garden
- Herself's Houston Garden, Soldier’s Orchid (Zeuxine strateumatics L. Schlechter )
- Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh, Zeuxine strateumatica
- Top Tropicals, Fort Meyers, Florida, USA; Zeuxine strateumatica
- Tsukuba Botanical Garden (in Tsukuba, Japan), Zeuxine strateumatica, kinu-ran キヌラン, 絹蘭 silk orchid hoso-ba-ran, ホソバラン, 細葉蘭 narrow leaved orchid