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Platanthera

The genus Platanthera is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Platanthera

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Platanthera albomarginata Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera algeriensis Batt. & Trab. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera alpinipaludosa P.Royen Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera amabilis Koidz. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × andrewsii (M.White) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera angustata (Blume) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera angustilabris Seidenf. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × apalachicola P.M.Br. & S.L.Stewart Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera arcuata Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera arfakensis Renz Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera bakeriana (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × beckneri P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera bhutanica K.Inoue Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × bicolor (Raf.) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera biermanniana (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera blephariglottis (Willd.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera blumei Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera boninensis Koidz. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera borneensis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera brevicalcarata Hayata Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera brevifolia (Greene) Senghas Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera calderoniae López-Ferr. & Espejo Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera × canbyi (Ames) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × channellii Folsom Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera chapmanii (Small) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera chiloglossa (Tang & F.T.Wang) K.Y.Lang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera chlorantha (Custer) Rchb. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera chorisiana (Cham.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera clavigera Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera convallariifolia (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera crassinervia (Ames & C.Schweinf.) J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera cumminsiana (King & Pantl.) Renz Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera curvata K.Y.Lang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera damingshanica K.Y.Lang & H.S.Guo Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera deflexilabella K.Y.Lang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera densa Freyn Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera devolii (T.P.Lin & T.W.Hu) T.P.Lin & K.Inoue Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera dyeriana (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera edgeworthii (Hook.f. ex Collett) R.K.Gupta Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera elliptica J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × enigma P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera epiphytica Aver. & Efimov Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera exelliana Soó Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera finetiana Schltr. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera florentia Franch. & Sav. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera fuscescens (L.) Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera gibbsiae Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera handel-mazzettii K.Inoue Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera herminioides Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera heyneana Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × hollandiae Catling & Brownell Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera holmboei H.Lindb. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera hologlottis Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera hookeri (Torr.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera huronensis Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × hybrida Brügger Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera hyperborea (L.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera iinumae Makino Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A.Gray ex L.C.Beck Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera kinabaluensis Kraenzl. ex Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera komarovii Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera kwangsiensis K.Y.Lang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera lancilabris Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera latilabris Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera likiangensis Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera limosa Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera longibracteata Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera longicalcarata Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera longiglandula K.Y.Lang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × lueri P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera mandarinorum Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera maximowicziana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera micrantha (Hochst.) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera minor (Miq.) Rchb.f. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera minutiflora Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × mixta Efimov Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × okubo-hachijoensis K.Inoue Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera okuboi Makino Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera ophiocephala (W.W.Sm.) Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera ophrydioides F.Schmidt Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × ophryotipuloides K.Inoue Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera oreophila Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × osceola P.M.Br. & S.L.Stewart Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera pachycaulon (Hook.f.) Soó Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera pallida P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera papuana Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera peichatieniana S.S.Ying Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera peramoena A.Gray Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & M.L.Bowles Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & W.F.Jenn. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera replicata (A.Rich.) Ackerman Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × reznicekii Catling, Brownell & G.Allen Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera robinsonii J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera roseotincta (W.W.Sm.) Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera rotundifolia (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera sachalinensis F.Schmidt Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera saprophytica J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera shriveri P.M.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera sikkimensis (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera sinica Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera sonoharae Masam. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera sparsiflora (S.Watson) Schltr. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera stapfii Kraenzl. ex Rolfe Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera stenantha (Hook.f.) Soó Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera stenoglossa Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera stenophylla Tang & F.T.Wang Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera stricta Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera taiwanensis (S.S. Ying) X.Qi Chen, S.W. Gale & P.J. Cribb Accepted L TRO
Platanthera taiwaniana S.S. Ying Accepted M TRO
Platanthera takedae Makino Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera tipuloides (L.f.) Lindl. Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera undulata J.J.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel) Maxim. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera × vossii F.W.Case Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera yakumontana Masam. Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera yangmeiensis T.P.Lin Accepted H WCSP
Platanthera yosemitensis Colwell, Sheviak & P.E.Moore Accepted L WCSP
Platanthera zothecina (L.C.Higgins & S.L.Welsh) Kartesz & Gandhi Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 376 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Platanthera. Of these 135 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 196 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Platanthera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 376 species names for the genus Platanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 135 35.9%
◕ Synonym 219 58.2%
◕ Unplaced 8 2.1%
◕ Unassessed 14 3.7%

All names

The status of the 572 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Platanthera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 154 26.9%
◕ Synonym 396 69.2%
◕ Unplaced 8 1.4%
◕ Unassessed 14 2.4%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 376 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Platanthera, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 120 191 0 0 311 82.7%
Medium confidence 1 16 0 0 17 4.5%
Low confidence 14 12 8 14 48 12.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Platanthera, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 16 0 7 0 25 6.6%
WCSP 133 203 8 0 0 344 91.5%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 7 0 7 1.9%