A taxonomic overview of Orchis sect. Robustocalcare (Orchidaceae) Author Calevo, Jacopo 0000-0002-1717-2365 Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia, Campus Monte Sant’Angelo, building 7, 80126, Naples, Italy & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, Surrey, UK & jacopo. calevo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1717 - 2365 jacopo.calevo@gmail.com Author Christenhusz, Maarten J. M. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, Surrey, UK & Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia Author Fay, Michael F. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond TW 9 3 DS, Surrey, UK & University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia text Phytotaxa 2023 2023-04-18 592 2 157 162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-22-0755-PDN journal article 250017 10.11646/phytotaxa.592.2.10 d06a326d-2978-4e4a-8254-ed4b0318a8cf 1179-3163 7840332 Orchis spitzelii Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv .: 686 (1837) subsp. spitzelii Type :— AUSTRIA . Weissbachelalpe im Buchweissbache bei Saalfelden in Tyrol , Jun 1835 , von Spitzel s.n. ( holotype : W ; isotypes: GOET-013806!, JE-00011290!) . Homotypic synonyms: Orchis patens var. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Fiori & Paol. in A .Fiori et al., Fl. Italia 1: 244 (1898). Orchis patens subsp. spitzelii (Saut. ex W.D.J.Koch) Á.Löve & Kjellq., Lagascalia 3: 176 (1973) . Heterotypic synonyms: Orchis patens var. orientalis Rchb.f. in H . G . L .Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv . 13–14: 40 (1851). Orchis patens ‘c’ orientalis (Rchb.f.) K.Richt., Pl. Eur. 1: 269 (1890) . Orchis orientalis (Rchb.f.) Klinge, Trudy Imp. S. -Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 182 (1898). Type :— Crecit in dumetis Da.: Lesinae Stalio in Vis . l.c.! Botteri ! Ott. Taurus Veit n. 180 ! Note : two syntypes : Croatia , Lesina Island , Petter s.n. [sic] and Taurus , Veit 180 are mounted on the same sheet in W , and Hautzinger (1978) did not select one as the lectotype . We have therefore here designated the specimen on the right, Taurus , 1845, Veit 180 , W 0031460 A as the lectotype . Orchis spitzelii var. sendtneri Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv . 13–14: 41 (1851). Orchis spitzelii f. sendtneri (Rchb. f.) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 50 (1928) . Type :— BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA . Nordostseite des Vlassich in Bosnien, 26 Jun 1847 , Sendtner 172 ( lectotype W 0031461 !, designated by Hautzinger, 1978 as “holotype”; possible isolectotype K-000796429!). The specimen Sendtner 401 from Bosnia at Munich ( M0080165 ) is not a type . Orchis patens var. atlantica Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C. Trabut, Fl. Alger : 194 (1884) . Orchis spitzelii var. atlantica (Batt.) Kreutz, Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid . 30: 242 (2013). Type:— ALGERIA . Zaccar de Miliana (sommet), Batandier s.n. ( lectotype : MPU-007158, selected by Hautzinger, 1978 , as “ holotype ”). Orchis viridifusca Albov, Prodr. Fl. Colchic . : 229 (1895). Orchis patens var. viridifusca (Albov) Soó in G.Keller & al., Monogr. Iconogr. Orchid. Eur . 2: 167 (1932). Type :— GEORGIA . Mingrélie , Mt Ourasch , 2 Jul 1893 , Albov 240 ( lectotype : G-00165906!, designated by Hautzinger 1978 ; isolectotype: G-00176151! Orchis mrkvickana Velen., Reliq. Mrkvic . : 29 (1922) . Type :— BULGARIA . Nidže Planina vrch Sokol , 19 May 1916 . Mrkvička 44 ( holotype : PRC-451095!) . Orchis maireana G.Keller, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih . A 2: 167 (1932) , nom. illeg., pro syn. Orchis spitzelii var. gotlandica B.Pett., Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 13: 174 (1940). Orchis spitzelii subsp. gotlandica (B.Pett.) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Icel. Univ. Inst. Appl. Sci. Rep . 3: 103 (1948) . Type :— SWEDEN . Gotland : aerohalin facies av mjölontallskog, 4 Jun 1939 , Petterson s.n. ( lectotype : UPS! designated by Hautzinger 1977). Orchis patens subsp. falcicalcarata Wildh., Ber. Schweiz . Bot. Ges . 84: 252 (1974) . Type :— GREECE . Crete : upper part of the Monastiriaki gorge SW of Thripti ( 35°05’N / 25°5’30”E ), elev. 600m , steep slopes with Pinus brutia woods, Apr 1972 & May 1974 , Wildhaber s.n. ( holotype : Z !) . Orchis bungii Hautz., Ann. Naturhist. Mus . Wien 81: 38 (1978) . Type : IRAN . Shiraz : Kuh Bungi bei Daescht-aerdschin , 24 May 1885 , Stapf s.n . ( holotype : WU !) . Orchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch. 37: 267 (2005). Androrchis spitzelii subsp. latiflora (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch. 41: 352 (2009). Orchis latiflora (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 96(Orchid. 28): 20 (2015). Type :— LEBANON . Ehden : 1500–1600 m , 23 May 2002 , Baumann & Baumann s.n. ( holotype : STU ) . Orchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana B.Baumann & H.Baumann, J. Eur. Orch . 37: 925 (2005). Orchis spitzelii f. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge, Naturalistes Belges 88: 248 (2007) . Androrchis spitzelii subsp. teschneriana (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) W.Foelsche & Jakely, J. Eur. Orch . 41: 352 (2009). Type :— ALGERIA . Miliana , 20 May 1977 , Baumann & Baumann s.n. ( holotype : STU ) Distribution:— Sweden ( Gotland ), Spain , France , Corsica , Italy , Austria , Croatia , Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Turkey , Crimea?, Caucasus (Georgia, southern Russia ), Iran , Iraq , Lebanon , Algeria . Extinct in Germany .