Dactylorhiza romana

Dactylorhiza romana, the Roman dactylorhiza, is a species of orchid. It is native to the Mediterranean Region of southern Europe and northern Africa, the range extending eastward to Iran and Turkmenistan.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Roman dactylorhiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. romana
Binomial name
Dactylorhiza romana (Sebast.) Soó (1962)
Synonyms[1]
Orchis romana Sebast. Dactylorhiza sambucina subsp. romana (Sebast.) Bornm. Dactylorchis romana (Sebast.) Verm. Orchis georgica (Klinge) Medw. Orchis flavescens K.Koch Dactylorchis flavescens (K.Koch) Verm. Dactylorhiza flavescens (K.Koch) Holub Dactylorhiza ruprechtii Aver. Orchis guimaraesii (E.G.Camus) Rivas Goday Orchis sulphurea Link, invalid Dactylorhiza sulphurea (Link) Franco, invalid Orchis lucana Spreng. Orchis markusii Tineo Orchis natalis Tineo Orchis sicula Tineo Orchis pseudosambucina Ten. Orchis siciliensis (Klinge) A.W.Hill Dactylorhiza libanotica (Mouterde) Aver. Dactylorhiza sicula (Tineo) Aver. also many more names at the subspecies and variety levels

Three subspecies are recognized:^[1]

• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. georgica (Klinge) Soó ex Renz & Taubenheim - Turkey, Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia (country), Azerbaijan, southern Russia), Iran, Turkmenistan
• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. guimaraesii (E.G.Camus) H.A.Pedersen - Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco
• Dactylorhiza romana subsp. romana - Italy, Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Crimea, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria