Contains 12 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
PLATANTHERA Richard, Orchideis Eur. Annot. 20, 26, 35. 1817; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 42, 48, 57. 1818, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Platanthera bifolia (Linnaeus) Richard (Orchis bifolia Linnaeus)
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Platanthera blephariglottis | Small White Fringed Orchid | |||
| Platanthera ciliaris | Yellow Fringed Orchid | |||
| Platanthera clavellata | Small Green Wood Orchid | |||
| Platanthera conspicua | Large White Fringed Orchid | |||
| Platanthera cristata | Crested Fringed Orchid, Golden Fringed Orchid | |||
| Platanthera flava var. flava | Southern Rein Orchid, Southern Gypsy-spike | |||
| Platanthera integra | Golden Fringeless Orchid, Yellow Fringeless Orchid | |||
| Platanthera integrilabia | Monkey-face Orchid, White Fringeless Orchid | |||
| Platanthera lacera | Green Fringed Orchid, Ragged Fringed Orchid, Ragged Orchid | |||
| Platanthera nivea | Snowy Orchid, Bog-spike | |||
| Platanthera peramoena | Purple Fringeless Orchid, Purple Spire Orchid, Pride-of-the-peak | |||
| Platanthera psycodes | Small Purple Fringed Orchid, Butterfly Orchid |
Identification Key
1. Lip entire, auriculate, lobed, or shallowly erose to lacerate
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1. Lip margin strongly fimbriate
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2. Lip at the upper part of the flower (resupinate); sepals and petals white; lip entire, unlobed
2. Lip at the lower part of the flower (not resupinate); sepals and petals XX; lip auriculate, lobed, or shallowly erose to lacerate
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3. Inflorescence internodes obscured by the densely congested flowers; sepals and petals bright yellow to orange; lip shallowly erose to lacerate
3. Inflorescence internodes visible, the flowers sparse along the rachis; sepals and petals white, pale yellow, to greenish; lip auriculate or lobed
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4. Lip without auricles or tubercles, apex shallowly 3-lobed
4. Lip with a basal pair of auricles or tubercles, apex rounded to emarginate
5. Sepals and petals white
5. Sepals and petals mostly or partly pale yellow to orange or off-white
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6. Spur 20-35 mm long, exceeding the ovary; rostellum lobes triangular, apices directed forward (column appearing acute in lateral view)
6. Spur 4-17 mm long, subequal or shorter than the ovary; rostellum lobes slender, directed downward toward apices (column appearing truncate in lateral view), straight to distally retrorse
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7. Spur 8–17 mm (subequal to the ovary), its mouth nearly circular; rostellum lobes strongly retrorsely curved toward apices; viscidia presented downward and approximately parallel to lip
7. Spur 4–10 mm (usually shorter than the ovary), its mouth triangular or keyhole-shaped; rostellum lobes scarcely to strongly curved; viscidia presented forward, nearly perpendicular to approximately parallel to lip
1. Hybrid taxa (blephariglottis x cristata; P. lueri)
2. (blephariglottis x chapmanii)
3. (blephariglottis x cristata; P. beckneri)
4. (ciliaris x cristata)
5. (chapmanii x cristata)
6. (chapmanii x ciliaris)
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| No synonyms found. | |||