Calopogon tuberosus
{{Short description|Species of orchid}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Tuberous grass pink
| image = Tuberous Grass-pink.jpg
| image_caption = Ottawa, Ontario
| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Calopogon
| species = tuberosus
| authority = L., Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.{{cite book| last1=Justice | first1=William S. | last2=Bell | first2=C. Ritchie | last3=Lindsey | first3=Anne H. |title=Wild Flowers of North Carolina|year=2005|publisher=Univ. of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill, NC|isbn=0807855979|page=53|edition=2. printing.}}
|synonyms={{Collapsible list|
- Bletia tuberosa (L.) Ames
- Calopogon pulchellus Fernald
- Calopogon pulchellus (Salisb.) R.Br.
- Calopogon pulchellus f. albiflorus (Britton) Fernald
- Calopogon pulchellus f. latifolius H.St.John
- Calopogon pulchellus var. latifolius (H.St.John) Fernald
- Calopogon pulchellus var. simpsonii (Small) Ames ex Correll
- Calopogon tuberosus f. albiflorus Britton
- Calopogon tuberosus var. latifolius (H.St.John) B.Boivin
- Calopogon tuberosus f. niveus P.M.Br.
- Cathea pulchella (Salisb.) Salisb.
- Cathea pulchella f. albiflora (Britton) House
- Cathea pulchella f. latifolia (Britton) House
- Cathea pulchella f. linearifolia House
- Cathea tuberosa (L.) Morong
- Cymbidium pulchellum (Salisb.) Sw.
- Helleborine tuberosa (L.) Kuntze
- Limodorum pulchellum Salisb.
- Limodorum simpsonii Small
- Limodorum tuberosum L.
- Limodorum tuberosum f. albiflorum House
- Limodorum tuberosum f. latifolium (H.St.John) House
- Limodorum tuberosum f. linariifolium House
- Limodorum tuberosum var. nanum Nieuwl.
}}}}
Calopogon tuberosus, the tuberous grass pink, is an orchid native to eastern North America.
Distribution
In the United States, it occurs from as far southwest as Texas and Oklahoma and southeast to the Florida Everglades to as far northeast as Maine and as far northwest as Minnesota. In Canada, it is found in all provinces from Newfoundland to Manitoba. It also is found in St. Pierre & Miquelon, Cuba and the Bahamas.{{BONAP|ref|genus=Calopogon|species=tuberosus}}[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=31882 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{PLANTS|symbol=CATU5|taxon=Calopogon tuberosus}}
Subspecies
- Calopogon tuberosus var. simpsonii (Small) Magrath
- Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
Conservation status
It is listed as "G5 - Secure" under the NatureServe conservation status system. However it is listed as an endangered species by the states of Illinois, Kentucky, and Maryland, and as exploitably vulnerable by New York.
Calopogon tuberosus - wild pink orchid.jpg|Wild pink orchid
Calopogon_tuberosus.jpg|Flower and buds in Saco Heath, Maine
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Calopogon tuberosus|Calopogon tuberosus}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Calopogon tuberosus|Calopogon tuberosus}}
- [http://goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/species/calopogon/tuberosus/ Go Orchids, North American Orchids Conservation Center]
- [http://www.flnativeorchids.com/natives_gallery/calopogon_tuberosus.htm Calopogon tuberosus gallery link]
- [http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CATU5 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas]
- [http://www.botany.wisc.edu/orchids/Calopogon.html Orchids of Wisconsin]
- [http://www.flnativeorchids.com/natives_gallery/calopogon_tuberosus.htm Florida's Native and Naturalized Orchids]
- {{Go Botany |genus=Calopogon |species=tuberosus |link=1}}
- [http://www.missouriplants.com/Pinkalt/Calopogon_tuberosus_page.html Missouri Plants, photo]
- [http://www.adirondackvic.org/Grass%20Pink.htm Paul Smith's College, College of the Adirondacks, Visitor's Interpretive Center]
- [http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=282 Ontario Wildflowers]
- {{Minnesota Wildflowers|info|flower|tuberous-grass-pink|link=1}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q1596367}}
Category:Orchids of the United States
Category:Orchids of the Caribbean
Category:Flora of Eastern Canada
Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States
Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States
Category:Flora of the North-Central United States
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:NatureServe secure species
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