Nigritella rubra, subsp. rubra

Nig rub 1     Nig rub 2

Nigritella rubra, subsp. rubra                                      
     
taxonomy described by (Linnaeus)  Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig
  published in Icones Florae Germanicae et Helveticae  23 : 24 : 102    1830
     
subsp. rubra      described by (Wettstein)  Beauverd, Gustave
  published in Bulletin de la Societè de Genève, Sèr. 2  17 : 337    1926
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Orchidoideae
  tribe Orchideae
  subtribe Orchidinae
  genus Nigritella  L.C. Richard 1818
  chromosomes    80  (GIROS) 
     
native of origins alpine meadows on calcareous in Brembana Valley to Mezzoldo, Parina to Oltre il Colle,
Seriana to Parre, and Scalve in Coleraine and Schilpario -
threatened with extinction
     
    Nig rub 3
     
  altitude 1600 - 2350 m  (5280 - 7755 ft)
     
  exposure Nig rub 4
     
the plant life form geophyte
  roots    webbed tuberoids
  nr. leaves 6 - 10
  height 8 - 20 cm  (3.2" - 8")
  nr. flowers 6 - 12
  blooming july to august  
  index of rarity      93,33
     
CITES appendix II

     

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