Platanthera flava / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Monocots

Family

ORCHIDACEAE

Genus

Platanthera

Species

Platanthera flava (L.)Lindl.

Common Name

SOUTHERN TUBERCLED ORCHID; PALEGREEN ORCHID; GYPSY-SPIKES

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Native Threatened-State FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)

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Supraordinal

Order

ASPARAGALES

Family

Genus

Species

Platanthera flava (L.)Lindl. - SOUTHERN TUBERCLED ORCHID; PALEGREEN ORCHID; GYPSY-SPIKES

PLATANTHERA FLAVA (Linnaeus) Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 293. 1835.

Basionym

Orchis flava Linnaeus 1753.

Type

VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 639 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Sheviak, in Cafferty & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 45: 48. 1999.

** Not applicable or data not available.