Spiranthes eatonii, commonly known as Eaton's ladies' tresses is a terrestrial orchid endemic to the United States, closely related to or a variation of Spiranthes lacera.[1]
| Eaton's ladies' tresses | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Genus: | Spiranthes |
| Species: | S. eatonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Spiranthes eatonii Ames ex P.M.Brown
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Description
editSpiranthes eatonii plants look almost the same as Spiranthes lacera but grow in a different area and bloom at a different time, in February and March.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
editSpiranthes eatonii are native to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
They grow in coastal plains and along the Gulf Coast in dry to wet fields and in woodlands. They can also grow along roads and in cemeteries.[1][2]
Taxonomy
editSpiranthes eatonii was first published by Paul Martin Brown in 1999, after Oakes Ames had named plants collected by A. A. Eaton in 1905 as Spiranthes eatonii but never published the name himself. Daniel Bertram Ward examined the plants in 2012 and considered them a variation of Spiranthes lacera, Spiranthes lacera var. eatonii. More recent research is leaning towards supporting that finding with some publications considering it a separate species and some an early blooming southern variation. [3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Spiranthes eatonii". North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOOC), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ a b Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Spiranthes eatonii". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Spiranthes eatonii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Ward, Daniel Bertram (2012). "Orchidaceae". Phytologia. 94 (3): 476. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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