What is "pseudorchis"

Pseudorchis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the small white orchid (Pseudorchis albida). It is found across much of Europe and northern Asia from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka, including France, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine and much of Russia. It also occurs in Greenland and eastern Canada ( Quebec, Newfoundland & Labrador). (Codes)

Three subspecies are recognized:

• Pseudorchis albida subsp. albida - from Spain and Iceland to Kamchatka
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. straminea - Scandinavia, northern Russia, Greenland, Canada
• Pseudorchis albida subsp. tricuspis - Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Romania, former Yugoslavia