abortivus,-a,-um from L. abortivus, (from aboriri, to get lost), miscarried, with missing or malformed parts: in reference to some missing or malformed parts or used as abortifacient
 
2489702 605487 Limodorum abortivum (L.)Sw. [80 721282 Orchis abortiva L.] J.C. Buxbaum, Pl. Minus Cogn. Cent., vol. 3 : t. 1, fig. 1 (1728-1740)
 
1667462 605487 Limodorum abortivum (L.)Sw. [80 721282 Orchis abortiva L.] H. Correvon, Album des orchidées de l’Europe centrale et septentrionale: t. 24 (1899)
 
2640295 605487 Limodorum abortivum (L.)Sw. [116 721282 Orchis abortiva L.] A. von Haller, Hist. Stirp. Helv., vol. 2 : t. 36, fig. 2 (1768)