{{Short description|Genus of orchids}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Galearis spectabilis May 2013.jpg | image_caption = ''Galearis spectabilis'' (showy orchis) | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Galearis | authority = Raf. | type_species = ''Galearis spectabilis'' | type_species_authority = (L.) Raf. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="tabby"/> | synonyms = * ''Amerorchis'' <small>Hultén</small> * ''Galeorchis'' <small>Rydb. in N.L.Britton</small> * ''Aceratorchis'' <small>Schltr.</small> * ''Chondradenia'' <small>Maxim. ex F.Maek.</small> * ''Aorchis'' <small>Verm.</small> }}
'''''Galearis''''' is a genus of the orchid family (Orchidaceae)<ref>Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. (1833). ''Herbarium Rafinesquianum'' 71–72.</ref> native to North America and eastern Asia. It contains about ten recognized species.<ref name="tabby">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=85247 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=113161 Flora of China, v 25 p 90, 盔花兰属 kui hua lan shu, ''Galearis'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113161 Flora of North America, ''Galearis'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101344 Flora of North America, ''Amerorchis'', synonym of ''Galearis'' fide Kew WCSPF]</ref> The family name comes from the Greek word ''orchis'' ('testicle'), in reference to the shape of the root.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Niering |first1=William A. |authorlink1=William Niering| last2=Olmstead |first2=Nancy C. |title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region |year=1985 |orig-year=1979|publisher=Knopf |isbn=0-394-50432-1 |page=661}}</ref>
==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution !! Elevation (m) |- | 120px || ''Galearis camtschatica'' <small>(Cham.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin</small> || Japan, Korea, Russian Far East|| |- | 120px || ''Galearis cyclochila'' <small>(Franch. & Sav.) Soó</small> || China (Jilin, Qinghai), Japan, Korea, Russian Far East||{{convert|1000 - 2900|m|ft}} |- | 120px || ''Galearis fauriei'' <small>(Finet) P.F.Hunt</small> || Japan (Honshu)|| |- | || ''Galearis huanglongensis'' <small>Q.W.Meng & Y.B.Luo</small> || Sichuan|| |- | || ''Galearis roborovskyi'' <small>(Maxim.) S.C.Chen, P.J.Cribb & S.W.Gale</small> || China, Tibet, Nepal, eastern Himalayas||{{convert|2800 - 4900|m|ft}} |- | 120px || ''Galearis rotundifolia'' <small>(Banks ex Pursh) R.M.Bateman</small> || Canada, Greenland, northern United States||{{convert|0 - 1200|m|ft}} |- | || ''Galearis spathulata'' <small>(Lindl.) P.F.Hunt</small> || China, Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar||{{convert|2800 - 4500|m|ft}} |- | 120px || ''Galearis spectabilis'' <small>(L.) Raf.</small> || eastern Canada; eastern and central United States||{{convert|0 - 1500|m|ft}} |- | || ''Galearis tschiliensis'' <small>(Schltr.) P.J.Cribb, S.W.Gale & R.M.Bateman</small> || China ( Hebei, Shanxi, Qinghai, Sichuan)||{{convert|3200 - 4100|m|ft}} |- | || ''Galearis wardii'' <small>(W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt</small> || China including Tibet||{{convert|2400 - 4500|m|ft}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{Commons-inline|italic=1}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Galearis|''Galearis''}}
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Category:Galearis Category:Orchideae genera Category:Orchids of China Category:Orchids of Russia Category:Orchids of Japan Category:Orchids of Korea Category:Orchids of Nepal Category:Orchids of Myanmar Category:Flora of East Himalaya Category:Flora of West Himalaya Category:Flora of Tibet Category:Orchids of Canada Category:Flora of Alaska Category:Flora of Greenland Category:Orchids of the United States
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