Platanthera praeclara

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles, Rhodora 88: 278 (1986).

Homotypic
- Habenaria leucophaea var. praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Cronquist in H.A.Gleason & A.Cronquist, Man. Vasc. Pl. Northeast. U.S., ed. 2: 864 (1991).
- Fimbriella praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Szlach. & Rutk., Acta Bot. Fenn. 169: 380 (2000).
- Blephariglottis praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Baumbach & Lückel, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 60: 126 (2009).

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Western Canada Manitoba. Northwestern U.S.A. Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Sheviak, C.J. & Bowles, M.L. 1986. The prairie fringed orchids: a pollinator-isolated species pair. Rhodora 88(854): 267–290. JSTOR BHL Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera praeclara. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Platanthera praeclara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Platanthera praeclara. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Platanthera praeclara. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Platanthera praeclara. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Platanthera praeclara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024. Reference page.

English: Western prairie fringed orchid