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Orchid Species: Tussaca autumnalis

Kew currently accepted name is Spiranthes spiralis

Tussaca autumnalis is an orchid species identified by (Balb.) Desv. in 1818. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Spiranthes spiralis.
Genus
Tussaca (Tussaca.)
Grex
autumnalis
Parents
Species
Author
(Balb.) Desv.
Year
1818
ORIGIN: Found in Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, France, Balaeric Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czechloslavakia, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Iran, and the western Himalayas in grasslands and dunes, sometimes marshes and open pinewoods at elevations up to 1400 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Miniature sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial orchid with clustered tuberous roots giving rise to ovate, acute, glossy dark green leaves held in a rosette that appear after the plant has flowered on an erect, 12 [30 cm] long, terminal, pubescent, many flowered, spicate inflorescence that the fragrant flowers twist around, occurring in the late summer and early fall and likes a limestone based media or soil. This species and Spiranthes sinensis are considered to be synonymous so look at both to see the total synonymry.

FLOWER SIZE: 1/4 inch [7 mm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Spiranthes Spir spiralis 1827 (Lour.) Makino
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys autumnalis 1827 (Balb.) Dumort.
Add+ Neottia Neot autumnalis 1821 (Balb.) Steud.
Add+ Ophrys Oph autumnalis 1801 Balb.
Add+ Ophrys Oph spiralis 1753 Georgi
Add+ Spiranthes Spir autumnalis 1817 (Balb.) Rich.
Add+ Spiranthes Spir glauca 1837 Raf.
Add+ Epipactis Epcts spiralis 1769 (L.) Crantz
Add+ Gyrostachys Gyrostachys spiralis 1891 (L.) Kuntze
Add+ Neottia Neot spiralis 1805 (L.) Sw.
Add+ Serapias Srps spiralis 1772 (L.) Scop.
Add+ Ibidium Ibidium spirale 1812 (Lour.) Makino
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Spir. spiralis 'Kamdebo' (2005)
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