Platanthera hyperborea

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]

Northern green orchid
Platanthera hyperborea in East Iceland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:
P. hyperborea
Binomial name
Platanthera hyperborea
Synonyms[1]
  • Orchis hyperborea L.
  • Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton
  • Gymnadenia hyperborea (L.) Link
  • Limnorchis hyperborea (L.) Rydb.
  • Orchis koenigii Gunnerus
  • Orchis acuta Banks ex Pursh
  • Habenaria borealis Cham.
  • Platanthera koenigii (Gunnerus) Lindl.
  • Platanthera borealis (Cham.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach
  • Platanthera hyperborea var. minor Lange
  • Limnorchis borealis (Cham.) Rydb.
  • Limnorchis brachypetala Britton & Rydb.
  • Habenaria dilatata var. borealis (Cham.) Muenscher

References
  1. "Platanthera hyperborea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. "Platanthera hyperborea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. Sheviak, Charles J. (1999). Lindleyana. 14 (4). 193–202, f. 1–5. Missing or empty |title= (help).
  5. "Northern green bog orchid ( Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak (formerly Platanthera hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley)" (PDF). Manitoba Native Orchids Compendium.
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