Habenaria repens

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ORCHIDACEAE
Species:Habenaria repens Nutt.
Common Name:Water Spider Orchid; Water Spider False Rein Orchid; Floating Orchid
Habitat:**
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Water Spider Orchid is a native herbaceous perennial in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae). It is native to the southern half of Alabama. Water Spider Orchid can grow rooted in mud or in floating mats of vegetation. It is found in ponds and lakes, in beaver ponds, in roadside ditches, and in sloughs. It is a perennial from thick fleshy roots, some of which produce tubers. The plant is often colonial from new shoots produced along the roots. Stems are erect to decumbent and vary in length from a few inches to over a foot. Leaves are alternate, sessile with the base sheathing the stem, lanceolate to elliptic in outline, entire, and glabrous. The leaves are reduced in size upwards on the stem. Flowers are produced in a terminal raceme. Individual flowers are greenish or yellowish-green in color and subtended by a bract. There are three ovate sepals and three petals. The two lateral petals are divided, with the upper division erect and falcate and the lower division filiform. The lip petal is divided into 3 filiform segments. The flowers have a cylindrical spur extending below them. Flower have a vanilla scent and are pollinated by moths. The fruit is a capsule with many dust-like seed. Water Spider Orchid is sometimes available from nurseries. It is easy to grow (compared to other native orchids). It can be grown free floating in a pool or rooted in a bog garden. It prefers full sun.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Classification

FamilyORCHIDACEAE - Orchid family
Genus Habenaria
Species Habenaria repens Nutt. - Water Spider Orchid; Water Spider False Rein Orchid; Floating Orchid

Citation

Citation Habenaria repens Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 190. 1818.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Habenaria maxillaris Habenaria maxillaris Lindley, J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 5. 1834. PERU
Habenaria nuttallii Habenaria nuttallii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 315, 1329. 1903. FLORIDA: Sumter Co.: Without locality, Aug, Curtiss 2772 (holotype: NY).
Habenaria palustris Habenaria palustris Acuna, Estac. Exper. Agron. Bol. Tecn. 60: 15. 1939, without latin diagnosis.  
Habenaria polygonoides Habenaria polygonoides Schlechter, Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secc. Bot. 1(4): 14. 1922.  
Habenaria pseudorepens Habenaria pseudorepens Schlechter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 481. 1913. BOLIVIA
Habenaria repens var. gracilis Habenaria repens Nuttall, var. gracilis Luederwaldt & Hoehne, Fl. Brasil. 12(1): 112. 1940.Habenaria sampaioana Schlechter 1930. 
Habenaria sampaioana Habenaria sampaioana Schlechter, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 299. 1930. BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, Feb 1921, Campos Porto 993 (holotype: B?).
Habenaria tricuspis Habenaria tricuspis A. Richard, in Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba 11: 249. 1850.  
Mesicera repens Mesicera repens (Nuttall) Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 39. 1837 ("1836").Habenaria repens Nuttall 1818. 
Platanthera foliosa Platanthera foliosa Brongniart, in Duperrey, Voy. Monde Phan. 195, pl. 38(b). 1834.  
Platanthera repens Platanthera repens (Nuttall) A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 1861. 685. 1861.Habenaria repens Nuttall 1818. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Macon, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1947 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_44571 Dallas 9 Oct 1975 Duke, J.F.
061		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
AUA_ACC_41856 Macon 2 Nov 1973 Sutherland, M.
171		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
UWAL0039379 Marshall 01 Oct 2009 Webb, David H.
7217		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00008616 Macon 24 Sep 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
879		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
TROY000040262 Autauga 03 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7494		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008631 Baldwin 06 Jun 1947 Lueth, Francis X.
L51		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0049612 Jackson 03 Sep 2019 Webb, David H.
8749		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
AUA_ACC_51300 Covington 4 Aug 1990 Diamond, Alvin R.
7065		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
ALNHS00005156 Hale 21 SEP 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3377		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0017621 Butler 17 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25618		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000050247 Autauga 06 Nov 2020 Parker, Matthew R.
1915		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000042362 Butler 17 Oct 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25618		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000011352 Dale 01 Oct 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
252		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0049613 Jackson 03 Sep 2019 Webb, David H.
8746		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0011983 Autauga 03 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7494		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
AUA000041266 Covington 24 Oct 2013 Hansen, Curtis J.
5839		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
UWAL0043158 Baldwin 16 Sep 2003 Larsen, Harry S.
1296		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0049558 Jackson 06 Oct 2020 Webb, David H.
9190		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008636 Autauga 15 Sep 1979 Wiersema, John H.
1311		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00008606 Wilcox 29 Oct 1981 Ireland, Kathleen
52		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00056084 Geneva 16 Aug 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11764		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
TROY000011354 Pike 09 Oct 2000 Hall, James A.
161		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008404 Mobile _ Oct _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00056306 Covington 26 Oct 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12411		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
TROY000043301 Covington 21 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27073		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000011353 Pike 19 Aug 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14625		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008631 Baldwin 6 Jun 1947 Lueth, Francis X.
L51		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
AUA000038450 Houston 3 Aug 1968 Gilbert, R.J.
 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
UWAL0045759 Marshall 01 Oct 2009 Webb, David H.
7217		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00059235 Dale 28 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13492		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0035299 Clarke 10 Sep 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3517		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000011351 Dale 28 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13492		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0043159 Baldwin 08 Sep 2007 Larsen, Harry S.
1644		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0039369 Jackson 23 Aug 2017 Webb, David H.
8454		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nutt.
AUA_ACC_63731 Pike 19 Aug 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14625		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
ALNHS00001340 Baldwin 11 Jul 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#609		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
ALNHS00002891 Monroe 27 Aug 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1476		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
TROY000047288 Mobile 03 Sep 1973 Lelong, Michel G.
7255		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0047189 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1190		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000050671 Covington 24 Oct 2013 Hansen, Curtis J.
5839		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0030067 Montgomery 10 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26750		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000047893 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1190		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0035290 Mobile 24 Jul 2016 Horne, Howard E.
3403		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
AUA_ACC_51888 Covington 25 Jul 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8731		 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
UNA00008601 Baldwin 29 Sep 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4156		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
ALNHS00001675 Greene 07 Nov 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#875		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UNA00008621 Dallas 29 Aug 1980 Wiersema, John H.
2037		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
ALNHS00006858 Mobile 19 Aug 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5236		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
AMAL00001299 Dale 28 Jul 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13492		 AMAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000041035 Conecuh 24 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7529		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
JSU113499 Tuscaloosa 22 Sep 1998 Ginzbarg, Steven L.
1073		 JSU
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0011933 Conecuh 24 Sep 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7529		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UWAL0049559 Jackson 07 Oct 2020 Webb, David H.
9194		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
ALNHS00005362 Bullock 26 AUG 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
403		 ALNHS
Habenaria repens Nutt.
TROY000011350 Coffee 15 Sep 2000 Martin, Brian H.
964		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008626 Dallas 28 Jul 1987 Burckhalter, Robert
1166		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
UWAL0033131 Covington 21 Nov 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27073		 UWAL
Habenaria repens Nuttall
TROY000011349 Bullock 19 Aug 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12613		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
UNA00008606 Wilcox 29 Oct 1981 Ireland, Kathleen
52		 UNA
Habenaria repens Nutt.
AUA_ACC_5356 Henry 31 Jul 1968 Searcy, Dan
 AUA
Habenaria Repens Nutt.
TROY000042707 Montgomery 10 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26750		 TROY
Habenaria repens Nuttall
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