Platanthera hyperborea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Platanthera
Species: Platanthera hyperborea
Name

Platanthera hyperborea (L.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 287 (1835)
Synonymy

Basionym
Orchis hyperborea L., Mant. Pl. 1: 121 (1767)
Homotypic
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
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)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Northern Europe
Iceland.
Northern America
Subarctic America
Greenland, Nunavut.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Lindley, J. 1835. Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, The. London 287.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Platanthera hyperborea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Platanthera hyperborea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Platanthera hyperborea. Published online. Accessed: 3 September 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Platanthera hyperborea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3.
Tropicos.org 2019. Platanthera hyperborea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 September 3.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

English: Northern green orchid
suomi: Lumilehdokki
svenska: Grönlandsyxne

Platanthera hyperborea, the northern green orchid,[2] is small orchid found only in Greenland, Iceland, and Akimiski Island in Canada.[1][3] Numerous authors cite the species as widespread in other parts of Canada and also in the United States; such populations are more correctly referred to as Platanthera aquilonis.[4][5]
References

"Platanthera hyperborea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
"Platanthera hyperborea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera hyperborea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Sheviak, Charles J. (1999). Lindleyana. 14 (4). 193–202, f. 1–5. Missing or empty |title= (help).
"Northern green bog orchid ( Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak (formerly Platanthera hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley)" (PDF). Manitoba Native Orchids Compendium.