Platanthera brevifolia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera brevifolia']

• English: Shortflowered bog orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Platanthera • Species: Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas (1973)

Synonyms

Basionym Habenaria brevifolia Greene, Bot. Gaz. 6: 218 (1881) Homotypic synonyms Limnorchis brevifolia (Greene) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 631 (1901) Habenaria sparsiflora var. brevifolia (Greene) Correll, Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 244 (1943) Platanthera sparsiflora var. brevifolia (Greene) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 240 (1975) Heterotypic synonyms Platanthera brevifolia f. alba P.M.Br., McAllen Int. Orchid Soc. J. 7(12): 8 (2006) Limnorchis brevifolia f. alba (P.M.Br.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra, N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 78 (2009)

Images of the whole plant

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  Platanthera brevifolia
  Mexico - Oaxaca

Inflorescences

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  Platanthera brevifolia
  USA - New Mexico

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera brevifolia.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera brevifolia