Spiranthes aestivalis

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]

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.

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

See also

• List of extinct plants of the British Isles

References

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.