Platanthera
Lesser Butterfly-orchid ( Platanthera bifolia )
The wood bluebells ( Platanthera ) form a plant genus in the family of the Orchid Family ( Orchidaceae).
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Name
The genus was newly described in 1817 by the French botanist Louis Claude Marie Richard. The scientific name of the genus refers to the large width of the anthers in the type species Platanthera bifolia (Greek πλατύς platys, broad, flat and ανθέρα anthera = dust bag ).
System
Synonyms
Scientific species of this genus have been frequently edited so that a large number of generic synonyms emerged:
- Lysias Salisb. 1812
- Sieberia Spreng. 1817
- Mecosa Blume 1825
- Perularia Lindl. 1835
- Conopsidium Wallr. 1840
- Neolindleya Kraenzl. 1899
- Lysiella Rydb. 1900
- Limnorchis Rydb. 1900
- Gymnadeniopsis Rydb. 1901
- Galeorchis Rydb. 1901
- Pseudodiphryllum Nevski 1935
- Amerorchis Hultén 1968
- Fimbriella Farw. ex Butzin 1981
Types (selection)
Of the species, subspecies and forms far described about 400 about 85 species are recognized valid. The main distribution area of this species is in Asia.
- Approximately 52 species in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan)
- About 13 species in tropical Asia (Burma, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines )
- About 37 species in North America ( to Mexico)
- 7 species in Europe
Different styles are not limited to just one continent, so some multiple answers
- Europe: Algerian butterfly orchid ( Platanthera algeriensis )
- Lesser Butterfly-orchid ( Platanthera bifolia )
- Greenish butterfly orchid ( Platanthera chlorantha )
- Holmboe butterfly orchid ( Platanthera holmboei )
- Icelandic Waldhyazinthe / Northern butterfly orchid ( Platanthera hyperborea )
- Wenigblütige butterfly orchid ( Platanthera obtusata var oligantha )
- Azores Azores butterfly orchid ( Platanthera azorica )
- Small- Butterfly-orchid ( Platanthera micrantha )
- North Africa: Platanthera algeriensis
- Platanthera kuenkelei
- North America:
- Platanthera aquilonis
- Platanthera blephariglottis
- Platanthera brevifolia
- Platanthera chorisiana
- Platanthera ciliaris
- Platanthera clavellata
- Platanthera cristata
- Platanthera dilatata
- Platanthera flava
- Platanthera grandiflora
- Platanthera hookeri
- Platanthera huronensis
- Platanthera hyperborea
- Platanthera integra
- Platanthera integrilabia
- Platanthera lacera
- Platanthera leucophaea
- Platanthera limosa
- Platanthera macrophylla
- Platanthera nivea
- Platanthera obtusata
- Platanthera orbiculata
- Platanthera pallida
- Platanthera peramoena
- Platanthera praeclara
- Platanthera sparsifolia
- Platanthera psycodes
- Platanthera stricta
- Platanthera tipuloides
- Platanthera zothecina
- Asia:
- Platanthera brevicalcarata
- Platanthera chorisiana
- Platanthera Florentine
- Platanthera fuscensis
- Platanthera holmboei
- Platanthera hologlottis
- Platanthera japonica
- Platanthera mandarinorum
- Platanthera metabifolia
- Platanthera minor
- Platanthera okuboi
- Platanthera ophrydioides
- Platanthera sachalinensis
- Platanthera tipuloides
- Platanthera ussuriensis
Natural hybrids
- Platanthera × andrewsii ( Platanthera lacera × Platanthera psycodes ) ( M. White ) Luer 1975
- Platanthera × bicolor ( Platanthera ciliaris Platanthera × blephariglottis ) ( Raf. ) Luer 1972
- Platanthera × canbyi ( Platanthera cristata Platanthera × blephariglottis ) ( Ames ) Luer 1972
- Platanthera × channellii ( Platanthera ciliaris Platanthera × cristata ) Folsom 1984
- Platanthera × hybrida ( Platanthera bifolia × Platanthera chlorantha ) Brügger 1882
- Platanthera × keenanii ( Platanthera grandiflora × Platanthera lacera ) PM Br 1994
- Platanthera × media ( Platanthera dilatata Platanthera hyperborea × ) ( Rydb. ) Luer 1975
- Platanthera × Vossii ( Platanthera × blephariglottis Platanthera clavellata ) FW Case 1983
Natural hybrids with Anacamptis:
- × Anacamptiplatanthera payotii ( Anacamptis pyramidalis × Plata bifolia ) P. Fourn. 1928
Natural hybrids with Coeloglossum:
- × Coeloplatanthera brueggeri ( Coeloglossum viride x Platanthera chlorantha ) Cif. & Giacom. 1950
Natural hybrids with Dactylorhiza:
- × Rhizanthera chevallieriana ( Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. Elodes × Plata bifolia ) (EC Camus ) Soó 1892
- × Rhizanthera fournieri ( Dactylorhiza sambucina × Plata bifolia ) ( Royer ) Soó 1966
- × Rhizanthera somersetiensis ( Dactylorhiza maculata ssp. Fuchsii × Plata bifolia ) (A. Camus ) Soó 1966
Natural hybrids with Gymnadenia:
- × Gymplatanthera borelii ( Gymnadenia odoratissima × Platanthera montana) LC Lamb. 1907
- × Gymplatanthera chodatii ( Gymnadenia conopsea × Plata bifolia ) ( Lendn. ex Schroet. ) EC Camus 1908
Natural hybrids with Orchis:
- × Orchiplatanthera andreasii (Orchis pallens × Platanthera chlorantha ) Kümpel 1978