| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Himantoglossum formosum (Steven) K. Koch | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Linnaea 22: 287. 1849 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Magnoliopsida
 Superordo - Lilianae
 Ordo - Asparagales
 Familia - Orchidaceae
 Genus - Himantoglossum Spreng.
 
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		| Basionym: | Orchis formosa Steven | 
                          
                          
                            | Homotypic synonyms: | Aceras formosum (Steven) Lindl. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Loroglossum formosum (Steven) E. G. Camus & Bergon | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Orchis formosa Steven | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Loroglossum hircinum subsp. formosum (Steven) E. G. Camus | 
                          
                          
                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Orchis mutabilis Steven | 
                          
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Rf(CS) Tcs |