Platanthera obtusata

Platanthera obtusata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. obtusata
Binomial name
	Platanthera obtusata; (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
Synonyms
	Orchis obtusata Banks ex Pursh; Habenaria obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Richardson; Lysiella obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Rydb.; Habenaria obtusata var. collectanea Fernald; Platanthera obtusata var. collectanea (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk; Platanthera obtusata f. collectanea (Fernald) P.M.Br.; Platanthera obtusata f. foliosa P.M.Br.;

Platanthera obtusata, common name blunt-leaved orchid or small northern bog orchid, is a small species of orchid in the genus Platanthera. It widespread across much of the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere, though rare in some parts of its range.^[1]^[3]^[4] Two subspecies are recognized:

Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata - Alaska (including the Aleutians), much of Canada (all 13 provinces and territories), south along the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico; the Great Lakes States, the Adirondacks and northern New England; St. Pierre & Miquelon.^[5]^[6]
Platanthera obtusata subsp. oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén - Norway, Sweden, Siberia and the Russian Far East

References

^ ^a ^b Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera obtusata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata
^ Anderberg, Arne; Anderberg, Anna-Lena. "Platanthera obtusata". Den virtuella floran (in Swedish). Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
^ "Platanthera obtusata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Platanthera obtusata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.

External links

Minnesota Wildflowers
Go Orchids, North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOOC), Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Plants of Wisconsin, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
Ontario Wildflowers
Dempster Country, Central Yukon Species Inventory Project (CYSIP), Platanthera obtusata Northern Bog Orchid

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[nanuk-1] Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera obtusata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata

[3] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata

[dvf-4] Anderberg, Arne; Anderberg, Anna-Lena. "Platanthera obtusata". Den virtuella floran (in Swedish). Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

[5] "Platanthera obtusata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[6] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Platanthera obtusata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.

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