Platanthera dilatata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Platanthera dilatata (Pursh) Lindl. ex L.C.Beck, Bot. North. Middle States: 347 (1833)

Basionym
- Orchis dilatata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 588 (1813)
Homotypic
- 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)

Native distribution areas:

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.

Beck, L.C. 1833. Botany of the Northern and Middle States, or, A description of the plants found in the United States, north of Virginia, arranged according to the natural system, with a synopsis of the genera according to the Linnaean system— a sketch of the rudiments of botany, and a glossary of terms. 471 pp. Printed by Webster and Skinners, Albany. BHL Reference page.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera dilatata. Accessed: 2022 Jul 22.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera dilatata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 22. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera dilatata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 22. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Platanthera dilatata. 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 Jul 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Platanthera dilatata. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Platanthera dilatata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Jul 2022.

English: Tall white bog orchid

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