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Taxon

Gymnadenia rhellicani (Teppner & E.Klein) Teppner & E.Klein

Protologue Phyton (Horn) 38(1): 221. 1998IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (182).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (182).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (179).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (179).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (181).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (181).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (184).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (184).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (178).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (178).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (185).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (185).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (183).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (183).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (177).JPG

Nigritella rhellicani, Not collected--Switzerland. Sass Almagell. Lac Mattmark. 3 Jul 2016. DSC08449 (177).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

Not collected

July 3, 2016

Location

Switzerland, Canton Valais, Saas-Almagell (Saas-Almagell)

46.037778, 7.954611

Location Remarks

South of Saas-Almagell village, at Lac Mattmark. Trail on the west side of the reservoir. 2242 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Martin W. Callmander, Beat Bäumler, Sven Buerki, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Steep, rocky trailside bank of glacially scoured rock and rock faces; multiple waterfalls below Allalin Glacier. CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global; GPS data withheld.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Gymnadenia

Specific Epithet

rhellicani

Authorship

(Teppner & E.Klein) Teppner & E.Klein

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#305,058 of 335,497

Top 91%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Nigritella rhellicani Teppner & E.Klein

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy