Pseudorchis

{{Short description|Genus of orchids}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Pseudorchis_albida_250708.jpg

| image_caption = Pseudorchis albida in Austria

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Pseudorchis

| parent_authority = Ség.

| species = albida

| authority = (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

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| synonyms =

• Leucorchis E.Mey
• Triplorhiza Ehrh.
• Polybactrum Salisb.
• Bicchia Parl.
• Satyrium albidum {{au|L.}}
• Orchis albida (L.) Scop.
• Habenaria albida (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
• Gymnadenia albida (L.) Rich.
• Sieberia albida (L.) Spreng.
• Coeloglossum albidum (L.) Hartm.
• Entaticus albidus (L.) Gray
• Chamorchis albida (L.) Dumort.
• Platanthera albida (L.) Lindl.
• Peristylus albidus (L.) Lindl.
• Leucorchis albida (L.) E.Mey. in C.A.Patze, E.H.F.Meyer & L.Elkan
• Bicchia albida (L.) Parl.
• Pseudorchis alpina Ség.
• Orchis alpina (Ség.) Crantz
• Satyrium trifidum Vill.
• Orchis parviflora Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck
• Satyrium scanense L. ex Steud.
• Blephariglottis albiflora Raf.
• Habenaria transsilvanica Schur
• Leucorchis lucida Fuss
• Gymnadenia albida var. borensis Zapal.

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Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada (Quebec, Newfoundland & Labrador).{{cite web|url= http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=166513|title= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families}} (Codes) {{cite web|url= http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tdwg/TDWG_geo2.pdf|title= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families TDWG Geocodes}}[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=pseudorchis+albida Altervista Flora Italiana, Orchide candida, Pseudorchis albida (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve ]

Three subspecies are recognized:

• Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea {{au|(Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve}} - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis {{au|(Beck) E.Klein}} - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia