Platanthera flava

Platanthera flava

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Platanthera
Species: Platanthera flava
Varietates: (2)
P. f. var. flava – P. f. var. herbiola

Name

Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 293 (1835)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis flava L., Sp. Pl.: 842 (1753)
• Homotypic
  • Habenaria flava (L.) R.Br. ex Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 691 (1826)
  • Perularia flava (L.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 292 (1901)
  • Tulotis flava (L.) Senghas, Orchidee (Hamburg) 24: 97 (1973)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1835 The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 293.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera flava. Accessed: 2022 Jul 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera flava in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera flava in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Platanthera flava. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Platanthera flava. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jul 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Platanthera flava. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jul 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Palegreen orchid

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