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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera leucophaea. Accessed: 2022 Jun 2.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera leucophaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 2. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera leucophaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 2. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Platanthera leucophaea. 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 Jun 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Platanthera leucophaea. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jun 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Platanthera leucophaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Jun 2022. Reference page.
• 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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