Pogonia ophioglossoides

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Pogonieae
Genus: Pogonia
Species: Pogonia ophioglossoides
Name

Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 2: t. 148 (1816)

Type species:

Synonymy

Basionym
Arethusa ophioglossoides L., Sp. Pl.: 951 (1753)
Heterotypic
Arethusa parviflora Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 160 (1803)
Pogonia pendula Lindl., Bot. Reg. 11: t. 908 (1825)
Pogonia ophioglossoides f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 152 (1894)
Pogonia ophioglossoides var. minor Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 12: 103 (1898)
Pogonia ophioglossoides var. brachypogon Fernald, Rhodora 23: 245 (1922)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Northern America
Western Canada
Manitoba.
Eastern Canada
New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
North-Central U.S.A.
Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
Northeastern U.S.A.
Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia.
South-Central U.S.A.
Texas.
Southeastern U.S.A.
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Ker Gawler, J.B. 1816. Botanical Register 2:t. 148.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 294 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pogonia ophioglossoides. Accessed: 2021 Sep 20.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pogonia ophioglossoides in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 20. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pogonia ophioglossoides in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 20. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pogonia ophioglossoides. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pogonia ophioglossoides. Published online. Accessed: 20 Sep 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pogonia ophioglossoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 20.

Vernacular names

English: Snakemouth orchid

Pogonia ophioglossoides, the snakemouth orchid[1] or rose pogonia, is a species of orchid occurring from central Canada to the east-central and eastern United States. It is the type species of the genus Pogonia. It is pollinated by bees.[2] This species occurs in wet habitats. In the north, the habitat is typically fens[3] but sometimes also bogs. Further south, along the Gulf Coast, it is a species of wet pine savannas and flatwoods.[4]
References

"Pogonia ophioglossoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
Liggio, J. and Liggio, A.O. 1999. Wild Orchids of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin. p.149
Reddoch, J. and Reddoch, A. (1997). The Orchids in the Ottawa district. Canadian Field-Naturalist, 111, 1–185.
Liggio, J. and Liggio, A.O. 1999. Wild Orchids of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin. p.149