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Anacamptis pyramidalis (Pyramidal Orchid) |
Anacamptis pyramidalis (ORCHIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Anacamptis pyramidalis(L.) Rich
Published in (L.) L. C. M. Richard, Orchid. Eur. Annot. 33 (1817) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Orchidaceae
Juss. (The Orchid Family)
41 species from the Orchidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Pyramidal Orchid |
Maltese name(s) : |
Orkida piramidali |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: GEOPHYTE ( bearing underground bulbs, rhizomes, stolons, etc. )
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule VIII of [S.L. 549.44] (Exploitation subject to management measures) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
May – June |
Colour of Flowers: |
Violet |
Name Derivation : |
Anacamptis: "From the Greek ""anakamptein"" which means to curve or bend behind or backwards, referring to the backwards bent bracts located at the base of the labellum". (Greek origin )
pyramidalis: having a pyramidal shape, with reference to the arrangement of the flowers. (Latin origin )
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Grassland and scrub; calcicole. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Calcareous garigue, steppe and disturbed rocky ground | |
Botanical Description: |
Stem 20-60(-75) cm, slender, with 2-3 brownish, sheathing basal scales. Lower leaves 8-25 cm, linear- to oblong-lanceolate, acute, canaliculate, entire, the upper smaller, or bract-like. Spike 2-8 cm, conical to shortly cylindrical, many-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers purplish-red, rarely pink or white. Perianth-segments 4-6 mm, subequal, broadly lanceolate, the outer median elliptic-ovate, concave. Labellum 6-8(-9) mm, broadly cuneate, the lobes c. 4 mm, subequal, oblong, more or less entire. Spur 12-14 mm, filiform, acute. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=36 | |
Distributional range: |
W., C. & S. Europe, extending northwards to the Baltic islands and eastwards to C. Ukraine. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All except the Azores, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ag Al Au Be Bl Br Bt Bu Co Cr Cy Cz Da Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu IJ It Ju LS Lu Ma Po Rf(CS) Rm Sa Si Su Tcs Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
