Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. fuchsii (Druce) Hyl.

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. maculata

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. maurusia (Emb. & Maire) Soó

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. saccifera (Brongn.) Diklic

Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. sooana Borsos ex Batoušek

Dactylorhiza maculata nothosubsp. transiens (Druce) M.H.J.van der Meer

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dead men's fingers	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
heath spotted orchid	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jungfru marie nycklar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moorland spotted orchid	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
palma christi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
spotted orchis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Orchis maculata L. Sp. Pl.: 942 (1753).
Dactylorchis maculata (L.) Verm. Stud. Dactylorch.: 68 (1947).
Orchis basilica L. ex Klinge Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 190 (1898), nom. superfl.
Orchis basilica subsp. maculata (L.) Klinge Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 17(1): 192 (1898), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dactylorhiza maculata	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soo	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dactylorhiza maculata (L.) Soó	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Orchis maculata L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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