Dichromanthus aurantiacus

Dichromanthus aurantiacus is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native to much of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. It is a common and conspicuous weed in fallow fields in much of the region.[1][2][3][4]

Dichromanthus aurantiacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Asparagales
Family:
Orchidaceae
Subfamily:
Orchidoideae
Tribe:
Cranichideae
Subtribe:
Spiranthinae
Genus:
Dichromanthus
Species:
D. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Dichromanthus aurantiacus
(Lex.) Salazar & Soto Arenas
Synonyms[1]
  • Neottia aurantiaca Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza
  • Stenorrhynchos aurantiacum (Lex.) Lindl.
  • Spiranthes aurantiaca (Lex.) Hemsl.
  • Gyrostachys aurantiaca (Lex.) Kuntze

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  4. Laferrière, Joseph E. 1994. Vegetation and flora of the Mountain Pima village of Nabogame, Chihuahua, Mexico. Phytologia 77:102-140. (listed as Spiranthes aurantiaca)
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