Platanthera grandiflora

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera grandiflora']

• English: Greater purple fringed orchid
• مصرى: جرانديفلورا بلاتانثيرا

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 grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. (1835)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis grandiflora Bigelow, Fl. Boston., ed. 2: 321 (1824) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr. ex L.C.Beck, Bot. North. Middle States: 349 (1833) Platanthera fimbriata var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 200 (1839) Habenaria psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) A.Gray, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 38: 310 (1840) Platanthera psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr., Fl. New York 2: 278 (1843) Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 296 (1901) Blephariglottis psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) J.H.Schaffn., Cat. Ohio Vasc. Pl.: 161 (1914) Fimbriella psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Butzin, Willdenowia 11: 324 (1981). Fimbriella grandiflora (Bigelow) Efimov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 49 (2008 publ. 2009) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis fimbriata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 297 (1789) Habenaria fimbriata (Aiton) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 193 (1813) Platanthera fimbriata (Aiton) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 293 (1835) Habenaria fimbriata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield, Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 153 (1894) Habenaria fimbriata f. mentotonsa Fernald, Rhodora 48: 184 (1946) Platanthera grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Catling, Naturaliste Canad. 109: 277 (1982) Platanthera grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) P.M.Br., Wild Fl. Notes 3: 22 (1988) Platanthera grandiflora f. bicolor P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 12 (1995) Platanthera grandiflora f. carnea P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 12 (1995) Blephariglottis grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 74 (2009) Blephariglottis grandiflora f. bicolor (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 74 (2009) Blephariglottis grandiflora f. carnea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 74 (2009) Blephariglottis grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 74 (2009)

Natural habitats

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Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Platanthera grandiflora
  (as syn.
  Habenaria fimbriata)
  plate 405 in:
  The Botanical Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 5,
  (1819)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Northern America Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois. North-Central U.S.A. Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. Delaware †, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera grandiflora.