Platanthera psycodes

species of plant

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Platanthera psycodes']

English: Lesser purple fringed orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Orchideae • Subtribus: Orchidinae • Genus: Platanthera • Species: Platanthera psycodes (L.) A. Gray (1848)

Basionym
- Orchis psycodes L., Sp. Pl.: 943 (1753)
Homotypic synonyms
- Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 693 (1826)
- Fimbriella psycodes (L.) Butzin, Willdenowia 11: 324 (1981)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Orchis fissa Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 40 (1805)
- Orchis incisa Muhl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 40 (1805)
- Habenaria racemosa Raf., Ann. Nat.: 15 (1820)
- Habenaria fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 693 (1826)
- Platanthera fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 294 (1835)
- Blephariglottis psycodes Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 296 (1901)
- Habenaria psycodes var. ecalcarata M.M.Bryan, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 38 (1917)
- Habenaria psycodes var. varians M.M.Bryan, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 37 (1917)
- Habenaria psycodes f. albiflora Ralph Hoffm., Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 248 (1922)
- Blephariglottis psycodes f. albispicata House, Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 19 (1923)
- Blephariglottis fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.Keller & Soó, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 308 (1935)
- Habenaria psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Dole, Fl. Vermont, ed. 3: 93 (1937)
- Habenaria psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Fernald, Rhodora 48: 184 (1946)
- Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) R.E.Whiting & Catling, Naturaliste Canad. 109: 278 (1982)
- Platanthera psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) P.M.Br., Wild Fl. Notes 3: 24 (1988)
- Platanthera psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) P.M.Br., Wild Fl. Notes 3: 24 (1988)
- Platanthera psycodes f. rosea P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 289 (1995)
- Blephariglottis psycodes f. albiflora (Ralph Hoffm.) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009)
- Blephariglottis psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009)
- Blephariglottis psycodes f. rosea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009)
- Blephariglottis psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009)

Images of the whole plant

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Inflorescences

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Flowers

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Roots

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Botanical illustrations

Platanthera psycodes
(1903)
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(as syn.
Blephariglottis psycodes)
page 75 in:
Homer D. House:
Wild Flowers of New York
(Orchidaceae)
New York (1918)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Northern America
- Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Missouri.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

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