Spiranthes aestivalis

Summer lady's-tresses
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Cranichideae
Genus:	Spiranthes
Species:	S. aestivalis
Binomial name
	Spiranthes aestivalis; (Poir.) Rich. (1817)
Synonyms
	Ophrys aestivalis Poir. (basionym); Neottia aestivalis (Poir.) DC.; Gyrostachys aestivalis (Poir.) Dumort.; Ophrys aestiva Balb.;

Spiranthes aestivalis, commonly called the summer lady's-tresses, is a species of orchid found in western Europe, Turkey, Russia, and North Africa. The specific epithet, aestivalis, is derived from Latin and means "pertaining to the summer".^[1]

It has become locally extinct in the British Isles.^[2]

References

^ Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^ Jacob, Ben (2 July 2023). "My law-breaking mission to save Britain's endangered orchids". The Observer. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

[Eggli_Newton_2004-1] Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. p. 4. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9. Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[2] Jacob, Ben (2 July 2023). "My law-breaking mission to save Britain's endangered orchids". The Observer. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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