Dactylorhiza purpurella

Northern marsh orchid
	Dactylorhiza purpurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Dactylorhiza
Species:	D. purpurella
Binomial name
	Dactylorhiza purpurella; (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Soó (1962)
Synonyms
	Orchis purpurella T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson (1920) (Basionym); Dactylorchis purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) Verm. (1947); Dactylorhiza majalis ssp. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) D.M. Moore & Soó (1978); Dactylorhiza majalis var. purpurella (T. Stephenson & T.A. Stephenson) R.M. Bateman & Denholm (1983); Dactylorhiza cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) Aver.; also several more varietal names proposed;

Dactylorhiza purpurella, the northern marsh orchid, is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

Two varieties are recognised:

Dactylorhiza purpurella var. cambrensis (R.H.Roberts) R.M.Bateman & Denholm - coastal Great Britain and Denmark
Dactylorhiza purpurella subsp. purpurella - Ireland and northern Great Britain. Recorded from Co. Donegal in Ireland.

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