Platanthera purpurascens

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera purpurascens']

• English: purple-petal bog orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Platanthera • Species: Platanthera purpurascens Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn. 1997)

Synonyms
Basionym Limnorchis purpurascens Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 269 (1901) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria hyperborea var. purpurascens (Rydb.) Ames, Orchidaceae 4: 90 (1910) Habenaria purpurascens (Rydb.) Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.: 731 (1941) Platanthera hyperborea var. purpurascens (Rydb.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 234 (1975)

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera purpurascens.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera purpurascens