Platanthera huronensis

Platanthera huronensis

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 huronensis

Name

Platanthera huronensis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 288 (1835)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Orchis huronensis Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 189 (1818)
  • Habenaria huronensis (Nutt.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 688 (1826)
  • Orchis hyperborea var. huronensis (Nutt.) Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 29: 533 (1853)
  • Platanthera hyperborea var. major Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenland.: 118 (1880)
  • Limnorchis huronensis (Nutt.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 294 (1901)
  • Limnorchis media Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 294 (1901)
  • Habenaria media (Rydb.) G.G.Niles, Bog-Trott. Orch.: 252 (1904)
  • Habenaria dilatata var. media (Rydb.) Ames, Rhodora 10: 70 (1908)
  • Habenaria hyperborea var. huronensis (Nutt.) Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 92 (1923)
  • Habenaria hyperborea var. media (Rydb.) Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 92 (1923)
  • Platanthera convallariifolia var. dilatatoides Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 39(2): 476 (1943)
  • Platanthera dilatata var. chlorantha Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 39(2): 477 (1943)
  • Habenaria dilatata f. chlorantha (Hultén) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 636 (1967)
  • Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis (Nutt.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 230 (1975)
  • Platanthera media (Rydb.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 229 (1975)
  • Limnorchis huronensis (Nutt.) Rebrist. & Elven, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 434 (2008)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Subarctic America Altay, Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba. 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. Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Islands, Vermont. Southwestern U.S.A. Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lindley, J. 1835. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 288.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera huronensis. Accessed: 2022 Jun 4.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera huronensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Platanthera huronensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Platanthera huronensis. 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 Jun 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Platanthera huronensis. Published online. Accessed: 4 Jun 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Platanthera huronensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Jun 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Huron green orchid

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