Spiranthes longilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.

Spiranthes brevifolia Chapm., Fl. South. U.S. 462. 1860; M.J. Young, Familiar Lessons Bot. 539. 1873. TYPE: U.S.A. Florida. Franklin Co.: Apalachicola, Oct – Nov, A.W. Chapman s.n. ( LECTOTYPE, designated here: NY [NY00009342 as image!]; POSSIBLE ISOLECTOTYPE: NY [NY00009343 as image!]).

Spiranthes longilabris Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. View in CoL 476. 1840.

In her treatment of Spiranthes Rich., Young (1873) included “ S. brevifolia , n. sp. ” and provided a description. Despite the “n. sp.” it does not appear that she intended to describe this orchid species. Her treatment is almost a verbatim copy with very minor emendations of a species described earlier by Chapman (1860). Young’s description was copied so faithfully that she (or Buckley) failed to excise the “n. sp.” from Chapman’s original description! Young (or Buckley) did manage to modify the locality and phenology data to imply that the species is found in Texas (where it does occur). “Open grassy swamps in the pine barrens, Apalachicola, Florida. Oct. and Nov.” in Chapman (1860) becomes “Open grassy swamps in the pine-barrens. October and November” in Young (1873).