Platanthera praeclara

Platanthera praeclara

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 praeclara

Name

Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles, Rhodora 88: 278 (1986).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Habenaria leucophaea var. praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Cronquist in H.A.Gleason & A.Cronquist, Man. Vasc. Pl. Northeast. U.S., ed. 2: 864 (1991).
  • Fimbriella praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Szlach. & Rutk., Acta Bot. Fenn. 169: 380 (2000).
  • Blephariglottis praeclara (Sheviak & M.L.Bowles) Baumbach & Lückel, Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 60: 126 (2009).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Western Canada Manitoba. Northwestern U.S.A. Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sheviak, C.J. & Bowles, M.L. 1986. The prairie fringed orchids: a pollinator-isolated species pair. Rhodora 88(854): 267–290. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera praeclara. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Platanthera praeclara in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Platanthera praeclara. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jul 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Platanthera praeclara. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Platanthera praeclara. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Platanthera praeclara. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jul 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Western prairie fringed orchid

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