Dactylorhiza sect. Iberanthus (Schltr.) Smoljaninova (1976: 51)

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2. Dactylorhiza sect. Iberanthus (Schltr.) Smoljaninova (1976: 51) ; Soó (1960: 336), comb. inval. (Art. 41.5).

Type:— Orchis iberica M.Bieb. ex Willd.

≡ Orchis sect. Iberanthus Schltr. in Keller & Schlechter (1928: 160). ≡ Dactylorchis sect. Iberanthus (Schltr.) Vermeulen (1947: 65) .

= Orchis [sect. Herorchis] sect. Ibericae Reichenbach (1851: 15, 34). Type: O. angustifolia M.Bieb. (= Dactylorhiza iberica (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) Soó ).

= Orchis [subgen. Dactylorchis ] subsect. Conniventes Camus, Bergon & Camus (1908: 164). ≡ Orchis [subgen. Dactylorchis ] sect. Conniventes (E.G.Camus, Bergon & A.Camus) Keller & Soó (1932: 131). Type: O. iberica .

This sectional name may be changed depending on the interpretation of the rank of Reichenbach’s name Ibericae. The problem is that in the discussions of another group of the same rank, Latifoliae, Reichenbach used words “…hujus sectionis…” which may be interpreted in a way that Latifoliae , and, by analogy, Ibericae represent sections. Both were included in higher rank sections ( Androrchis and Herorchis, respectively), which is incorrect in the sense of the modern nomenclature, but all names are nevertheless valid according to the note 1 of Art. 37.7, and name sect. Ibericae should replace sect. Iberanthus (the corresponding new combination, Dactylorhiza sect. Ibericae , has not yet been published). However, I consider that the words “…hujus sectionis…” do not refer to a taxonomic name but rather should be translated as “…of this group…”: sectional rank, if employed, was indicated by Reichenbach clearly and unambiguously (as for Androrchis and Herorchis).

1 species: Dactylorhiza iberica (M.Bieb. ex Willd.) Soó.

3. Dactylorhiza sect. Sambucinae (Parl.) Smoljaninova (1976: 52) ; Soó (1960: 336), comb. inval. (Art. 41.5); Baumann & Künkele (1981: 460), comb. illeg. superfl.

Type:— Orchis sambucina L.

≡ Orchis [stat. indef.] Sambucinae Parlatore (1858: 512). ≡ Orchis [subgen. Dactylorchis ] subsect. Sambucinae (Parl.) Camus, Bergon & Camus (1908: 165). ≡ Orchis [subgen. Dactylorchis ] sect. Sambucinae [‘ Sambucini’] (E.G.Camus, Bergon & A.Camus) Keller & Soó (1932: 131). ≡ Dactylorchis sect. Sambucinae (Parl.) Vermeulen (1947: 65) .

= Dactylorhiza sect. Romanae Klein & Strack in Strack et al. (1989: 2136). Type: D. romana (Sebast.) Soó.

– Orchis sect. Schlechteranthus Nevski (1935: 701) , nom. inval. (descr. ross.).

4 species: Dactylorhiza cantabrica H.A.Pedersen , D. insularis (Sommier ex Martelli) Landwehr , D. romana (Sebast.) Soó (3 subspecies), D. sambucina (L.) Soó.