Galearis camtschatica

Galearis camtschatica is a species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae, native to Korea, northern Japan, and the Russian Far East (Kuril Islands, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Khabarovsk Krai).^[1]

Galearis camtschatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Galearis
Species:	G. camtschatica
Binomial name
Galearis camtschatica (Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin[1]
Synonyms[1]
Orchis camtschatica Cham. Gymnadenia camtschatica (Cham.) Miyabe & Kudô Neolindleya camtschatica (Cham.) Nevski Platanthera camtschatica (Cham.) Soó Platanthera decipiens Lindl. Gymnadenia vidalii Franch. & Sav. Neolindleya decipiens (Lindl.) Kraenzl. Gymnadenia decipiens (Lindl.) Schltr.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Adelbert von Chamisso in 1828, as Orchis camtschatica. It has been placed in a variety of genera, including the monotypic genus Neolindleya. On the basis of molecular phylogenetic studies, in 2014, Neolindleya was subsumed into Galearis, with the species becoming Galearis camtschatica.^[2][3]