Traunsteinera globosa(L.) Rchb.

Round-headed orchid

WFO wfo-0000326987 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by agosti
fig. a agosti, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-18 / obs. 144460796
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by agosti
fig. b agosti, CC0 1.0 / obs. 144627325
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by agosti
fig. c agosti, CC0 1.0 / obs. 144592155
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by Elias
fig. d Elias, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139759566
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by Michael Knapp
fig. e Michael Knapp, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136813697
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by Philipp
fig. f Philipp, CC0 1.0 / obs. 89774486
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by Conrad Altmann
fig. g Conrad Altmann, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 81572046
Traunsteinera globosa, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. h Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80953621

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Traunsteinera globosa is native: North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine North CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeAustriaBulgariaCzechia-SlovakiaFranceGermanyHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwitzerlandUkraine
Native distribution of Traunsteinera globosa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
North Caucasus NCS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 17 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Nigritella globosa (L.) Rchb.
  • Orchis globosa L.
  • Orchis globosa lus. albiflora (Schur) R.Uechtr.
  • Orchis globosa var. albiflora Schur
  • Orchis globosa var. angustifolia Zapał.
  • Orchis globosa var. dentifera Zapał.
  • Orchis globosa var. gracilis Schur
  • Orchis globosa var. major Schur
  • Orchis globosa var. prutica Zapał.
  • Orchis halleri Crantz
  • Orchites globosus (L.) Schur
  • Traunsteinera globosa f. dentifera (Zapał.) Soó
  • Traunsteinera globosa f. gracilis (Schur) E.G.Camus
  • Traunsteinera globosa f. major (Schur) Beldie
  • Traunsteinera globosa f. major (Schur) E.G.Camus
  • Traunsteinera globosa f. prutica (Zapał.) Soó
  • Traunsteinera globosa lus. albiflora (Schur) E.G.Camus

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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