Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng., 1826

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Lizard Orchid
• 🇫🇷 Himantoglosse bouc, Orchis bouc, Himantoglosse à odeur de bouc

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• Family: Orchidaceae
• Subfamily: Orchidoideae
• Tribe: Orchideae
• Subtribe: Orchidinae
• Genus: Himantoglossum
• Species: Himantoglossum hircinum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• H. hircinum var. aestivalis Kreutz & Steinfeld, 2013;
• H. hircinum var. hircinum (L.) Spreng., 1826, P.

Intergeneric hybridization is possible with Orchis simia Lam., 1779 to produce × Orchimantoglossum lacazei (E.G.Camus) Asch. & Graebn., 1907, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ., & Cribb, P. (2020). Orchidées d’Europe et de Méditerranée (p. 336). Biotope.

• Rankou, H. (2011). Himantoglossum hircinum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/175987/7163558

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 173). Biotope.