Catalogue of European Orchids / Kompendium der Europäischen Orchideen

Description:

Text bilingual English/German. In Europe around 600 species and subspecies, as well as numerous varieties, of orchids are found, most of them in the Mediterranean region. Especially over the last twenty years orchids have been receiving increasing attention. Consequently, more and more articles and books, and an abundance of new orchid names have been published. So many new taxa (species, subspecies, varieties and forms) have been described that even most orchid specialists have totally or partially lost track of them. This is mainly caused by the fact that these names are published in a variety of different periodicals and books, which many orchidologists do not have at their disposal. Many of these new taxa have been described correctly, but others are of a questionable species or subspecies rank. Some of these species will therefore probably completely disappear in the course of time. Most newly described taxa will certainly remain however, and other new species and subspecies will be described. This publication offers an overview of all European orchid taxa (species, subspecies and the most important varieties and forms) with their synonyms. It also includes a new taxonomical classification of the orchids of Europe. Includes all species, subspecies and most important varieties and forms of European orchids.