Platanthera bifolia

Platanthera bifolia

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 bifolia
Subspecies: (3)
P. b. subsp. bifolia – P. b. subsp. osca – P. b. subsp. subalpina

Name

Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 35 (1817)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis bifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 939 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Orchis alba Lam., Fl. Franç., ed. 2, 3: 502 (1795), nom. superfl.
  • Lysias bifolia (L.) Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 288 (1812).
  • Habenaria bifolia (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 193 (1813).
  • Sieberia bifolia (L.) Spreng., Anleit. Kenntn. Gew., ed. 2, 2(1): 282 (1817).
  • Satyrium bifolium (L. Wahlenb., Fl. Suec. 2: 579 (1826).
  • Gymnadenia bifolia (L.) G.Mey., Chloris Han.: 540 (1836).
  • Conopsidium stenantherum Wallr., Linnaea 14: 147 (1840), nom. superfl.
  • Orchis stenanthera E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 4: 52 (1905), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Middle Asia Kazakhstan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. Mongolia Mongolia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Richard, L.C.M. 1817. De Orchideis Europaeis annotationes, praesertim ad genera dilucidanda spectantes. iv + 39 pp., 1 pl. A. Belin, Paris. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 939. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 345 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera bifolia. Accessed: 2025 Apr 27.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Platanthera bifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. Platanthera bifolia. 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. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Apr 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Platanthera bifolia. Accessed: 27 Apr 2025.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Platanthera bifolia. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Platanthera bifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr 2025. Reference page.
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Vernacular names

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