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. flava. var. flava – P. flava. var. herbiola

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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)
• Heterotypic
  • Orchis bidentata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 488 (1823)
  • Orchis scutellata Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 161 (1835)
  • Perularia bidentata (Elliott) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 314 (1913)
  • Perularia scutellata (Nutt.) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S., ed. 2: 314 (1913)
  • Habenaria flava f. lutea Louis-Marie ex B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 109: 278 (1982)
  • Platanthera flava f. lutea (Louis-Marie ex B.Boivin) R.E.Whiting & Catling, Naturaliste Canad. 109: 278 (1982)

References

• Lindley, J. (1835) The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 293.
• 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
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Platanthera flava in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 June 2.
• Emonocot.org 2014. Platanthera flava in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Sep. 14.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Platanthera flava . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 June 2.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Platanthera flava. Published online. Accessed 2. June 2012.

• The Plant List 2013. Platanthera flava in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Sep. 14.

Native distribution areas

Display the range areas:

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

Vernacular names

English: Pale green orchid

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