Orchis spitzelii

Orchis spitzelii is a species of orchid found from Sweden (Gotland), eastern Spain to the Caucasus and western Asia and northwestern Africa.^[1]

Orchis spitzelii
Flower of Orchis spitzelii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Orchis
Species:	O. spitzelii
Binomial name
Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch (1837)
Subspecies[1]
Orchis spitzelii subsp. cazorlensis (Lacaita) D.Rivera & Lopez Velez Orchis spitzelii subsp. nitidifolia (W.P.Teschner) Soó Orchis spitzelii subsp. spitzelii
Synonyms[1]
Androrchis spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) D.Tyteca & E.Klein (2008) Barlia spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Szlach. (2001) Orchis patens subsp. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Á.Löve & Kjellq. (1973) Orchis patens var. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Fiori & Paol. (1898)

Specifically, it is native to northern Europe (Sweden), central Europe (Austria and possibly extirpated in Germany), southwestern Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, and Spain), southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, and countries of the former Yugoslavia), northern Africa (Algeria and Morocco), western Asia (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey), and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.^[2]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted.^[1]

• Orchis spitzelii subsp. cazorlensis (Lacaita) D.Rivera & Lopez Velez – central and eastern Spain, Balearic Islands, and Morocco
• Orchis spitzelii subsp. nitidifolia (W.P.Teschner) Soó – Crete
• Orchis spitzelii subsp. spitzelii – Sweden (Gotland), Austria, Mediterranean Europe from Spain to Bulgaria, Algeria, Western Asia, and the Caucasus