Malaxis unifolia

Malaxis unifolia
	1829 illustration
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Malaxis
Species:	M. unifolia
Binomial name
	Malaxis unifolia; Michx. 1803
Synonyms
	Orchis ophioglossoides Walter; Malaxis ophioglossoides Muhl. ex Willd.; Achroanthes unifolia (Michx.) Raf.; Microstylis ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt. ex Eaton; Prescottia ophioglossoides (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng.; Microstylis ophioglossoides var. mexicana Lindl.; Achroanthes laxiflora Raf.; Achroanthes obtusifolia Raf.; Malaxis thlaspiformis A.Rich. & Galeotti; Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.; Microstylis grisebachiana Fawc. & Rendle; Malaxis grisebachiana (Fawc. & Rendle) Fawc. & Rendle; Malaxis unifolia f. bifolia Mousley; Malaxis unifolia f. variegata Mousley; Malaxis amplexicolumna E.W.Greenw. & R.Gonzál;

Malaxis unifolia, or the green adder's-mouth orchid,^[2] is a species of orchid occurring from eastern and central Canada (Newfoundland to Manitoba),^[3] the central and eastern United States (Maine to Florida, west as far as Minnesota, eastern Kansas, and eastern Texas),^[4] Mexico,^[5] Central America and the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic).^[6]^[7]^[8]

Malaxis unifolia generally has only one leaf, but rarely two. Flowers are green, in a raceme, often resembling an umbel at first before it elongates.^[7]

References[edit]

^ M. Hart del., J. Watts sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 15 plate 1290
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Malaxis unifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 state-level distribution map
^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
^ SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America, Malaxis unifolia
^ Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395

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[1] M. Hart del., J. Watts sc. - Edwards's Botanical Register, volume 15 plate 1290

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Malaxis unifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[3] Biota of North America Program, 2014 state-level distribution map

[4] Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map

[5] SEINet, Southwestern biodiversity, Arizona chapter

[6] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[tammy-7] Flora of North America, Malaxis unifolia

[8] Ames, O. & D. S. Correll. 1952. Orchids of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Botany 26(1): i–xiii, 1–395

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