Corallorhiza trifida
| Corallorhiza trifida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Corallorhiza |
| Species: | C. trifida
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| Binomial name | |
| Corallorhiza trifida Châtel.
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Corallorhiza trifida, commonly known as early coralroot, northern coralroot, or yellow coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to North America and Eurasia, with a circumboreal distribution. The species has been reported from the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, Kashmir, Pakistan, and almost every country in Europe.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Description
Corallorhiza trifida is yellowish green in color, leafless, and partially myco-heterotrophic, deriving some, but not all of its nutrients from association with fungi of genus Tomentella.[12] It also contains chlorophyll, with which it supplies some of its own carbon nutrition via autotrophy.[12]
Taxonomy
Corallorhiza trifida was scientifically named by Jean Jacques Châtelain in 1760. It is classified in the genus Corallorhiza as part of the Orchidaceae family. It has no accepted subspecies or varieties, but it has 35 synonyms.[3]
| Name | Year | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corallorhiza anandae Malhotra & Balodi | 1984 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza corallorhiza (L.) H.Karst. | 1886 | species | ≡ hom., not validly publ. |
| Corallorhiza corallorhiza subsp. coloradensis Cockerell | 1916 | subspecies | = het., not validly publ. |
| Corallorhiza dentata Host | 1831 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza ericetorum Drejer | 1843 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza halleri Rich. | 1817 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza innata R.Br. | 1813 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Corallorhiza innata var. discolor Rchb. | 1830 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza innata subsp. ericetorum (Drejer) Nyman | 1882 | subspecies | = het. |
| Corallorhiza innata var. ericetorum (Drejer) Rchb.f. | 1851 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza innata var. virescens (Drejer) Farr | 1904 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza intacta Cham. & Schltdl. | 1828 | species | = het., orth. var. |
| Corallorhiza integra Châtel. | 1760 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza jacquemontii Decne. | 1844 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza nemoralis Sw. ex Nyman | 1882 | species | = het., not validly publ. |
| Corallorhiza neottia Scop. | 1771 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza occidentalis Bach.Pyl. | 1826 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida var. ericetorum (Drejer) Rchb.f. | 1851 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida f. ericetorum (Drejer) Soó | 1928 | form | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida var. integra (Châtel.) Schinz & Thell. | 1914 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida f. integra (Châtel.) Soó | 1928 | form | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida f. suaveolens Bordz. | 1950 | form | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida var. verna (Nutt.) Fernald | 1946 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida f. verna (Nutt.) P.M.Br. | 2006 | form | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida subsp. virescens (Drejer) Løjtnant | 1996 | subspecies | = het. |
| Corallorhiza trifida var. virescens (Drejer) Farw. | 1941 | variety | = het. |
| Corallorhiza verna Nutt. | 1823 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza virescens Drejer | 1843 | species | = het. |
| Corallorhiza wyomingensis Hellm. & K.Hellm. | 1931 | species | = het. |
| Cymbidium corallorhiza (L.) Sw. | 1800 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Epidendrum corallorhizon (L.) Poir. | 1810 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Epipactis corallorhiza (L.) Crantz | 1769 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Helleborine corallorhiza (L.) F.W.Schmidt | 1793 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Neottia corallorhiza (L.) Kuntze | 1891 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Ophrys corallorhiza L. | 1753 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym | |||
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References
- ^ Rankou, H. (2011). "Corallorhiza trifida (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T175935A7147872. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ NatureServe (5 September 2025). "Corallorhiza trifida". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Corallorhiza trifida Châtel". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
- ^ Magrath, Lawrence K.; Freudenstein, John V. (2002). "Corallorhiza trifida". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Chen, Xinqi; Gale, Stephan W.; Cribb, Phillip J. "Corallorhiza trifida". Flora of China. Vol. 25 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Böcher, T. W. 1978. Greenlands Flora 326 pp.
- ^ Porsild, A. E. & W. Cody. 1980. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northwest Territories Canada i–viii, 1–607. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa.
- ^ Tolmatchev, A. I. 1963. Arkticheskaia Flora SSSR 4: 1–96.
- ^ Flora Italiana, Corallorhiza trifida Chatel.
- ^ a b Zimmer, K., et al. (2008). The ectomycorrhizal specialist orchid Corallorhiza trifida is a partial myco-heterotroph. New Phytologist 178:2 395-400.
External links
Media related to Corallorhiza trifida at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Corallorhiza trifida at Wikispecies- Jepson Manual Treatment - Corallorhiza trifida