Platanthera aquilonis

Platanthera aquilonis, the northern green orchid or north wind bog orchid, is a species of orchid native to the United States and Canada.[1][2]

Platanthera aquilonis
Platanthera aquilonis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:
P. aquilonis
Binomial name
Platanthera aquilonis
Sheviak

It is closely related to Platanthera huronensis and Platanthera dilatata and had long been confused with Platanthera hyperborea until it was described as a separate species in 1999. [3]

References
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). "Platanthera aquilonis". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. "Platanthera aquilonis". Go Orchids. North American Orchid Conservation Center. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. Sears, Christopher J. (2008). "MORPHOLOGICAL DISCRIMINATION OF PLATANTHERA AQUILONIS, P. HURONENSIS, AND P. DILATATA (ORCHIDACEAE) HERBARIUM SPECIMENS". Rhodora. 110 (944): 389–405. doi:10.3119/07-24.1. S2CID 86405178.


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