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Spiranthes torta (Thunb.) Garay & H.R. Sweet (in R.A. Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 77. 1974.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (native) ( St. Thomas, ) ], Bahamas (native), North America (native), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (Trinidad), Common Names: Ibis (Puerto Rico), Southern ladies' tresses (Bahamas), Synonyms: Ibidium quinquelobatum (Poir.) Acuña (Bol. Estac. Exp. Agron. Santiago de las Vegas 60: 33. 1939 ["1938"].), Ibidium tortile (Sw.) House. (Muhlenbergia 1: 129. 1906.), Neottia tortilis Sw. (Neues J. Bot. 1: 51. 1805.), Ophrys quinquelobata Poir. (in J.B.A.P.M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 568. 1798.), Ophrys torta Thunb. (Mus. Nat. Acad. Ups. (Dissert.) 9: 136. 1791.), Satyrium spirale Sw. (Prodr. 118. 1788.), Spiranthes quinquelobata (Poir.) Urb. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 305. 1918.), Spiranthes swartzii E.H.L. Krause (Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 342. 1914.), Spiranthes tortilis (Sw.) Rich. (De Orchid. Eur. 37. 1817.), Triorchis spiralis House (Amer. Midl. Naturalist 6: 206. 1920.), Citations:1). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 2). Bello Espinosa, D. 1883. Apuntes para la flora de Puerto Rico. Segunda parte. Anal. Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. 12: 103-130. 3). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 4). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 5). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 8). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 9). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 10). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 25 May 10 |