Platanthera nivea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera nivea']

• English: Snowy 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 nivea (Nutt.) Luer (1972)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis nivea Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 188 (1818) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria nivea (Nutt.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 689 (1826) Gymnadenia nivea (Nutt.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 280 (1835) Peristylus niveus (Nutt.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 520 (1898). Gymnadeniopsis nivea (Nutt.) Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 293 (1901) Heterotypic synonyms Gymnadenia conica Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 280 (1835)

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  Platanthera nivea
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Botanical illustrations

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  Platanthera nivea
  Fig. 359/1 page 702 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New Jersey. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.

External links

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera nivea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera nivea