Platanthera orbiculata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera orbiculata']

English: Large round-leaved orchid, Large Round-leaved Orchid, Dinner-Plate Orchid, Large Round-Leaf Orchid, Roundleaf Rein Orchid, Round-Leaved Orchis, Roundleaf Orchid, Lesser Roundleaved Orchid, Round-leaved Orchid
français: Platanthère à feuilles orbiculaires

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 orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl. (1835)

Synonyms
Basionym Orchis orbiculata Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 588 (1813) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) Hook., Exot. Fl. 2: t. 145 (1825) Lysias orbiculata (Pursh) Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 103 (1900)

Species

Images of the whole plant

Platanthera orbiculata

Inflorescences

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Platanthera orbiculata

Flowers

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Leaves

Platanthera orbiculata

Infructescences

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Botanical illustrations

Platanthera orbiculata
(as syn.
Habenaria orbiculata)
plate 1623 in:
The Botanical Cabinet
Conrad Loddiges & Son
London (1817-1833)
Platanthera orbiculata
(as syn.
Lysias orbiculata)
page 72 in:
Homer D. House:
Wild Flowers of New York
(Orchidaceae)
New York (1918)
Platanthera orbiculata
(as syn.
Lysias orbiculata)
page 73 in:
Homer D. House:
Wild Flowers of New York
(Orchidaceae)
New York (1918)

Varietates

Platanthera orbiculata
var. macrophylla

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Alaska, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera orbiculata.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera orbiculata