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Gymnadenia runei

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Genus
  
Gymnadenia

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Orchidoideae

Species
  
G. runei

Gymnadenia runei

Gymnadenia runei is an orchid of the genus Gymnadenia. It is endemic in Sweden and only found in a few localities in the Tärnaby mountains. It grows in localities like calcium rich meadows in the mountains.The species was discovered by Swedish botanist Olof Rune in 1960 but it was not described as a separate species until 1989, originally under the name Gymnonigritella runei

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Gymnadenia runei Wikipedia


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