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Habenaria repens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Habenaria
Species:
H. repens
Binomial name
Habenaria repens

Nutt. (1818)

Synonyms[1]
  • Mesicera repens (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Platanthera repens (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
  • Habenaria maxillaris Lindl.
  • Platanthera foliosa Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey
  • Habenaria sceptrodes Rchb.f.
  • Habenaria radicans Griseb., as synonym
  • Habenaria nuttallii Small
  • Habenaria pseudorepens Schltr.
  • Habenaria palustris Acuña, not valid, no description
  • Habenaria paucifolia var. estolonifer M.N.Correa

Habenaria repens, commonly called the water-spider bog orchid or the floating orchid, is an orchid species widespread across Latin America from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina, as well as in the Southeastern United States from Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and the Carolinas plus an isolated population in Virginia.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Aphenolic compound called habenariol can be found in H. repens.[13] It acts as a feeding deterrent.[14]

Varieties

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Two taxonomic varieties are accepted as of June 2014:[1]

References

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  • ^ Biota of North America Program, county distribution map
  • ^ Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 3: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • ^ Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • ^ Gonzáles Tamayo, J.R. & Hernández Hernández, L. (2010). Las Orquídeas del occidente de México 1: 1-303. Coecytjal.
  • ^ Schinini, A. (2010). Orquídeas nativas del Paraguay. Rojasiana 9: 1-316.
  • ^ Ferreira, A.W.C., Lima, M.I.S. & Pansarin, E.R. (2010). Orchidaceae na região central de São Paulo, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 243-259.
  • ^ Batista, J.A.N., de Bem Bianchetti, L., González-Tamayo, R., Figueroa, X.M.C. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). A synopsis of New World Habenaria (Orchidaceae) II. Harvard Papers in Botany 16: 233-273.
  • ^ Baptista, J.A.N., Menini Neto, L. & Vale, A.A. (2012). Three new species, four new records and an updated checklist of Habenaria (Orchidaceae) from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Nordic Journal of Botany 30: 277-290.
  • ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • ^ A phenolic antioxidant from the freshwater orchid, Habenaria repens. Johnson MK, Alexander KE, Lindquist N and Loo G, Comp Biochem Physiol C., February 1999, volume 122, issue 2, pages 211-214, PMID 10190047
  • ^ Habenariol, a freshwater feeding deterrent from the aquatic orchid Habenaria repens (Orhicaceae). Wilson D.M, Fenical W, Hay M.E, Lindquist N and Bolser R, Phytochemistry, 1999, Volume 50, pages 1333-1336, doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(98)00340-9
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