Platanthera hyperborea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera hyperborea']

• English: Northern green orchid
• suomi: Lumilehdokki
• íslenska: Friggjargras
• norsk nynorsk: Islandsnattfiol
• svenska: Grönlandsyxne

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 hyperborea (L.) Lindl. (1835)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis hyperborea L., Mant. Pl. 1: 121 (1767) Homotypic synonyms Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 193 (1813) Gymnadenia hyperborea (L.) Link, Handbuch 1: 242 (1829) Limnorchis hyperborea (L.) Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 104 (1900) Heterotypic synonyms Orchis koenigii Gunnerus, Fl. Norveg. 2: 103 (1776) Orchis acuta Banks ex Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 588 (1813) Habenaria borealis Cham., Linnaea 3: 28 (1828) Platanthera koenigii (Gunnerus) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 286 (1835) Platanthera borealis (Cham.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 125 (1851) Platanthera hyperborea var. minor Lange, Consp. Fl. Groenland.: 118 (1880) Limnorchis borealis (Cham.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 621 (1901) Limnorchis brachypetala Britton & Rydb., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 2: 161 (1901) Habenaria dilatata var. borealis (Cham.) Muenscher, Fl. Whatcom: 76 (1941)

Natural habitats

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Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Buds

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Botanical illustrations

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  Fig. 362 page 707 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
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  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Iceland. Northern America Subarctic America Greenland, Nunavut.

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