Platanthera

Platanthera
Platanthera bifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Orchideae
Subtribe: Orchidinae
Genus: Platanthera
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Type species
Platanthera bifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Lysias Salisb.
  • Sieberia Spreng.
  • Mecosa Blume
  • Tulotis Raf.
  • Perularia Lindl.
  • Blephariglottis Raf.
  • Conopsidium Wallr.
  • Diphylax Hook.f.
  • Limnorchis Rydb.
  • Lysiella Rydb.
  • Gymnadeniopsis Rydb. in N.L.Britton
  • Piperia Rydb.
  • Denslovia Rydb.
  • Pseudodiphryllum Nevski in V.L.Komarov
  • Fimbriella Farw. ex Butzin

The genus Platanthera belongs to the subfamily Orchidoideae of the family Orchidaceae, and comprises about 150 species of orchids. The members of this genus, known as the butterfly orchids[2][3] or fringed orchids,[4] were previously included in the genus Orchis, which is a close relative (along with the genus Habenaria). They are distributed throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are terrestrial and have tubercules.

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BatemanJames2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Butterfly orchid (Habenaria species)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  4. ^ NRCS. "Platanthera". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 October 2015.