Platanthera leucophaea

Platanthera leucophaea

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 leucophaea

Name

Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 294 (1835)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Orchis leucophaea Nutt., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 161 (1835)
• Homotypic
  • Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 502 (1867)
  • Blephariglottis leucophaea (Nutt.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 296 (1901)
  • Fimbriella leucophaea (Nutt.) Butzin, Willdenowia 11: 324 (1981)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Platanthera leucophaea range map Northern America Eastern Canada Ontario. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio. Southeastern U.S.A. Louisiana, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1835. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, The. London 294.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Platanthera leucophaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Platanthera leucophaea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Platanthera leucophaea. Published online. Accessed 3 September 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Platanthera leucophaea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Platanthera leucophaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Eastern prairie fringed orchid

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