Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera macrophylla']

English: greater roundleaved 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 orbiculata • Varietas: Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla (Goldie) Luer (1975)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Habenaria macrophylla Goldie, Edinburgh Philos. J. 6: 331 (1822)
Homotypic synonyms
- Lysias macrophylla (Goldie) House, Muhlenbergia 1: 127 (1906)
- Habenaria orbiculata f. macrophylla (Goldie) F.J.A.Morris & E.A.Eames, Our Wild Orchids: 122 (1929)
- Habenaria orbiculata var. macrophylla (Goldie) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 524 (1967)
- Platanthera macrophylla (Goldie) P.M.Br., Wild Fl. Notes 3: 23 (1988)

Images of the whole plant

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla

Inflorescences

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla

Flowers

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla

Leaves

Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla
Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla

Native distribution areas

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

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Masachusettes, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Platanthera orbiculata var. macrophylla