Platanthera brevifolia

Platanthera brevifolia

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 brevifolia

Name

Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 24: 97 (1973)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Habenaria brevifolia Greene, Bot. Gaz. 6: 218 (1881)
• Homotypic
  • 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
  • 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)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Senghas, K. 1973. Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 24: 97.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera brevifolia. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera brevifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera brevifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Platanthera brevifolia. 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 Jan 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Platanthera brevifolia. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Platanthera brevifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Shortflowered bog orchid

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