Corallorhiza odontorhiza

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
Common Name:Autumn Coral Root; Small Coral Root
Habitat:Hardwood forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Different populations of this species may produce flowers that open (chasmogamous) or flowers that never open (cleistogamous).
Taxonomic Notes:Based on the two types flowers mentioned above, this species is sometimes treated as two varieties. The typical variety, Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. odontorhiza was used to treat the cleistogamous forms while var. pringlei has been used to treat the open flowered form. For APA, we sink both under the species C. odontorhiza.
Status:Native, S1S2 (State Rank), G5T5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Corallorhiza
Species Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir. - Autumn Coral Root; Small Coral Root

Citation

Citation Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Poiret, Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 10: 375. 1818.
Basionym: Cymbidium odontorhiza Willd. 1805.
Type: Without data, Muhlenberg s.n. (lectotype: B-W). Lectotypified by Freudenstein, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 20. 1997.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cymbidium odontorhizon Cymbidium odontorhizon Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 110. 1805.  
Epidendrum odontorhizon Epidendrum odontorhizon (Willdenow) Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 377. 1810.Cymbidium odontorhizon Willdenow 1805. 
Neottia odontorhiza Neottia odontorhiza (Willdenow) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 674. 1891.Cymbidium odontorhizon Willdenow 1805. 
Corallorhiza micrantha Corallorhiza micrantha Chapman, Fl. South. U.S. 454. 1860. FLORIDA: Without data, Chapman s.n. (lectotype: US). Lectotypified by Freudenstein, Harvard Pap. Bot. 10: 22. 1997.
Corallorhiza odontorhiza var. pringlei    
Corallrhiza pringlei    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Macon, Madison, Morgan, Shelby, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1886 - 1975

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU113441 DeKalb 18 Sep 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
839		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
UWAL0053045 Morgan 09 Oct 2020 Thompson, Joey
1255		 UWAL
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nuttall var. odontorhiza
JSU112898 Clay 4 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5201		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
JSU112900 Cleburne 7 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
448		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
JSU113443 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9347		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
UNA00008428 Tuscaloosa 24 Oct 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1317		 UNA
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt.
AUA_ACC_32132 St. Clair 18 Oct 1978 Owsley, M.
505		 AUA
Corallorhiza Odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
UWAL0017344 Franklin 10 Oct 2013 England, J. Kevin
4620		 UWAL
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Poiret
AMAL00001292 Madison 14 Oct 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
1052		 AMAL
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
ALNHS00003590 Madison 15 Sep 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2074		 ALNHS
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
ALNHS00005262 Macon 24 AUG 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3267		 ALNHS
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
AUA_ACC_48048 Lee 8 Oct 1975 Willis, Stephen F.
55		 AUA
Corallorhiza Odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
JSU112897 Calhoun 25 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1252		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
AUA000043138 Cullman Wolf, Wolfgang
618		 AUA
Corallorhiza Odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
ALNHS00004459 Colbert 29 Sep 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-758		 ALNHS
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
UWAL0052172 Bibb 02 Mar 2019 Keener, Brian R.
10979		 UWAL
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
AUA_ACC_71249 Lawrence 4 Nov 1993 Oberholster, Suzanne
642		 AUA
Corallorhiza Odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
UNA00008413 Cullman 26 Aug 1886 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt.
JSU113442 DeKalb 14 Nov 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3296		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
AUA_ACC_57399 Lee 13 Oct 1989 Freeman, John D.
 AUA
Corallorhiza Odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
JSU112899 Cleburne 21 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12908		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
JSU113444 Winston 17 Sep 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6364		 JSU
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willdenow) Nuttall
UWAL0053144 Jackson 23 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11639		 UWAL
Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Poir.
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