Platanthera blephariglottis

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 blephariglottis
Varietates: (2)
P. b. var. blephariglottis – P. b. var. conspicua

Name

Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 291 (1835)

Synonymy

  • Basionym
    • Orchis blephariglottis Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 9 (1805)
  • Homotypic
    • Platanthera ciliaris var. blephariglottis (Willd.) Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 460 (1860)
    • Blephariglottis alba House, Muhlenbergia 1: 127 (1906)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Illinois.
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont.
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • Texas.
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.

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 291.

Vernacular names

English: White fringed orchid

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