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Twayblades
Listera
Neottia is a genus of orchids. The genus now includes the former genus Listera, commonly known as twayblades referring to the single pair of opposite leaves at the base of the flowering stem. The genus is native to temperate, subarctic and arctic regions across most of Europe, northern Asia (Siberia, China, the Himalayas, Central Asia, etc), and North America, with a few species extending into subtropical regions in the Mediterranean, Indochina, the southeastern United States, etc.
41 branches of this group, most-observed first
Common Twayblade
speciesNeottia ovata
Heartleaf Twayblade
speciesNeottia cordata
Northwestern Twayblade
speciesNeottia banksiana
Southern Twayblade
speciesNeottia bifolia
Broad-lipped Twayblade
speciesNeottia convallarioides
Northern twayblade
speciesNeottia borealis
Kidneyleaf Twayblade
speciesNeottia smallii
Auricled Twayblade
speciesNeottia auriculata
Neottia japonica
speciesNeottia japonica
Neottia meifongensis
speciesNeottia meifongensis
Neottia morrisonicola
speciesNeottia morrisonicola
Neottia makinoana
speciesNeottia makinoana
Neottia puberula
speciesNeottia puberula
Neottia taizanensis
speciesNeottia taizanensis
Neottia wardii
speciesNeottia wardii
Neottia deltoidea
speciesNeottia deltoidea
Neottia nipponica
speciesNeottia nipponica
Neottia × veltmanii
hybridNeottia × veltmanii
Neottia biflora
speciesNeottia biflora
Neottia pinetorum
speciesNeottia pinetorum
Neottia alternifolia
speciesNeottia alternifolia
Neottia latilabra
speciesNeottia latilabra
Neottia pseudonipponica
speciesNeottia pseudonipponica
Neottia oblata
speciesNeottia oblata
Neottia fangii
speciesNeottia fangii
Neottia flabellata
speciesNeottia flabellata
Neottia fugongensis
speciesNeottia fugongensis
Neottia longicaulis
speciesNeottia longicaulis
Neottia mucronata
speciesNeottia mucronata
Neottia nanchuanica
speciesNeottia nanchuanica
Neottia nepalensis
speciesNeottia nepalensis
Neottia bambusetorum
speciesNeottia bambusetorum
Neottia dentata
speciesNeottia dentata
Neottia smithii
speciesNeottia smithii
Neottia tenuis
speciesNeottia tenuis
Neottia divaricata
speciesNeottia divaricata
Neottia brevicaulis
speciesNeottia brevicaulis
Neottia microphylla
speciesNeottia microphylla
Neottia unguiculata
speciesNeottia unguiculata
Neottia nankomontana
speciesNeottia nankomontana
Neottia nandadeviensis
speciesNeottia nandadeviensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1190532.