World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Spiranthes acaulis (Sm.) Cogn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(4): 221 (1895).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 53 (1919).
Family:	Orchidaceae
* Neottia acaulis Sm., Exot. Bot. 2: 91 (1806). Neottia picta Sims, Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1562 (1813), nom. superfl. Spiranthes picta Lindl., Bot. Reg. 10: t. 823 (1824), nom. superfl. Synoplectris picta Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 90 (1837), nom. superfl. Sarcoglottis picta Klotzsch, Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 106 (1842), nom. superfl. Gyrostachys picta Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 664 (1891), nom. superfl. Sarcoglottis acaulis (Sm.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 6: 53 (1919). Spiranthes acaulis var. picta Teusch., Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 43: 693 (1974), not validly publ. * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts