Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, pp 705 - 708 in: Order out of Chaos, Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types, London: The Linnean Society of London, pp. 705-708 : 706

Orchis hyperborea Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 591; Mantissa Plantarum: 121. 1767.

“Habitat in Islandia. König.” RCN: 6829.

Lectotype (Ames, O rchidaceae 4: 81. 1910): Herb. Linn. No. 1054.42 (LINN).

Current name: Orchis hyperborea L. (Orchidaceae) .

Note: Baumann & al. (in Mitteilungsbl. Arbeitskr.. Heim. Orchid. B a d en -W ü rttem b erg21: 542. 1989) discuss the typification, figuring the type as Abb. 44. Sheviak (in L indleyana 14: 200. 1999) reassessed the identity of the type, as well as providing a floral dissection (f. 5) of it.