Platanthera dilatata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera dilatata']

• English: Tall white 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 dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex Beck (1833)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis dilatata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 588 (1813) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 95 (1823) Platanthera hyperborea subsp. dilatata (Pursh) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 126 (1851) Limnorchis dilatata (Pursh) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 294 (1901) Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatata (Pursh) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp.: 642 (1901) Piperia dilatata (Pursh) Szlach. & Rutk., Acta Bot. Fenn. 169: 380 (2000)

Natural habitats

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Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Temperate Russian Far East Kamchatka. Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont. Southwestern U.S.A. California, Nevada, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera dilatata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera dilatata

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