Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei

(Greenman) Freudenstein

Harvard Pap. Bot. 1(10): 24. 1997.

Basionym: Corallorhiza pringlei Greenman Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 33: 475. 1898
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 635.

Flowers: perianth open; lip similar to petals (narrowly obovate-spatulate), 2.7–4.6 × 2–3.7 mm; column 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.7 mm, base with 2 prominent auricles on adaxial surface; stigmatic surface 0.3–0.5 × 0.7–1 mm.


Phenology: Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat: Rich deciduous woods, mixed woods, and conifer plantations
Elevation: 0–2800 m

Distribution

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Ont., Conn., Ga., Ind., Iowa, Mich., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Wis., Mexico, Central America (El Salvador), Central America (Guatemala), Central America (Honduras), Central America (Nicaragua)

Discussion

In Corallorhiza odontorhiza both chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers exist; they occur on separate plants, although sometimes in the same populations. The cleistogamous form is by far the more frequent.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
self-pollination +
acute +  and nearly obtuse +
Lawrence K. Magrath +  and John V. Freudenstein +
(Greenman) Freudenstein +
Corallorhiza pringlei +
indehiscent +
not +  and articulate +
conduplicate +  and plicate +
flattened +, triangular +  and cylindric +
tubular +
reduced +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
curved +  and straight +
1.8mm +  and 2.4mm +
1.9mm +  and 2.5mm +
0.8mm +  and 1.7mm +
Ont. +, Conn. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Mich. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Wis. +, Mexico +, Central America (El Salvador) +, Central America (Guatemala) +, Central America (Honduras) +  and Central America (Nicaragua) +
0–2800 m +
3-merous +, sessile +  and pedicellate +
not +  and resupinate +
inconspicuous +
ellipsoid;slightly obovoid +
Rich deciduous woods, mixed woods, and conifer plantations +
lateral +  and terminal +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
petiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
duplicate +, convolute +, whorled +, opposite +, distichous +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
reduced +
spotted with purple +  and white +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
unlobed +, ovate +  and orbiculate-quadrangular +
larger +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.37 cm3.7 mm <br />0.0037 m <br />) +
entire +  and erose-fringed +
differing in form and color +
inconspicuous +
ellipsoid-obovoid +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1-many-flowered +  and cymose +
pendent +  and erect +
suffused with green +, reddish purple +  and brown +
lanceolate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering late summer–fall. +
open-flowered +
Harvard Pap. Bot. +
11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br /> (?) +  and 46 cm460 mm <br />0.46 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
coralloid +
aerial +  and subterranean +
triangular +
cylindric-fusiform +
minute +
suffused with green +, reddish purple +  and brown +
free +, distinct +, adnate +  and connate +
lanceolate +
foliaceous +
not +  and alike +
branched +, or +  and simple +
purplish brown +, greenish +  and yellow +
proliferous +
thickened +  and stout +
concave +  and convex +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
triangular +
Corallorhiza micrantha +  and Corallorhiza pringlei +
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei +
Corallorhiza odontorhiza +
variety +
leafless +  and rootless +
herb +, colonial +  and solitary +
aquatic +, lithophytic +, terrestrial +  and epiphytic +