Spiranthes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Spiranthes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Spiranthes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spiranthes
Spiranthes is a genus of orchids in the subfamily Orchidoideae. They are known commonly as ladies tresses, ladies'-tresses, or lady's tresses. The genus is distributed in the Americas, Eurasia, and Australia. The genus name Spiranthes is derived from the Greek speira ("coil") and anthos ("flower"), and was inspired by the spirally arranged inflorescence.
...Spiranthes in languages:
- Chinese
- 綬草屬
- Czech
- švihlík
- Danish
- Skrueaksslægten
- English
- Ladies'-tresses
- English
- Lady's Tresses
- German
- Wendelähren
- German
- Drehwurzen
- German
- Schraubenstendel
- Japanese
- ネジバナ属
- Polish
- kręczynka
- Russian
- Скрученник
- Swedish
- skruvaxsläktet
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aracamunia
- Aulosepalum
- Beloglottis
- Brachystele
- Buchtienia
- Coccineorchis
- Cotylolabium
- Cybebus
- Cyclopogon
- Degranvillea
- Deiregyne
- Dichromanthus
- Eltroplectris
- Espinhassoa
- Eurystyles
- Funkiella
- Greenwoodiella
- Hapalorchis
- Helonoma
- Kionophyton
- Lankesterella
- Lyroglossa
- Mesadenella
- Mesadenus
- Microthelys
- Nothostele
- Odontorrhynchus
- Pelexia
- Physogyne
- Pseudogoodyera
- Pteroglossa
- Quechua
- Sacoila
- Sarcoglottis
- Sauroglossum
- Schiedeella
- Skeptrostachys
- Sotoa
- Spiranthes
- Stalkya
- Stenorrhynchos
- Svenkoeltzia
- Thelyschista
- Veyretia
Child Taxa
- Spiranthes aestivalis
- Spiranthes brevilabris
- Spiranthes cernua
- Spiranthes delitescens
- Spiranthes diluvialis
- Spiranthes eatonii
- Spiranthes graminea
- Spiranthes infernalis
- Spiranthes lacera
- Spiranthes laciniata
- Spiranthes lucida
- Spiranthes nebulorum
- Spiranthes odorata
- Spiranthes perexilis
- Spiranthes porrifolia
- Spiranthes praecox
- Spiranthes pusilla
- Spiranthes romanzoffiana
- Spiranthes sinensis
- Spiranthes spiralis
- Spiranthes sylvatica
- Spiranthes torta
- Spiranthes tuberosa
- Spiranthes vernalis
- Spiranthes × eamesii
- Spiranthes × heteroaustralis
- Spiranthes × intermedia
- Spiranthes × sierrae
- Spiranthes × simpsonii
- Spiranthes × stellata
- Spiranthes × zahlbruckneri































































































































































