Platanthera grandiflora, the greater purple fringed orchid,[1] is a species of orchid, genus Platanthera, occurring from Ontario to Newfoundland, south along the Appalachian Mountains to northeastern Georgia, with an isolated population in Illinois.[2][3] It is imperiled in Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina and presumed extirpated in Ohio.[4]
Quick Facts Greater purple fringed orchid, Conservation status ...
| Greater purple fringed orchid |
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| Flower of Platanthera grandiflora |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Asparagales |
| Family: |
Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: |
Orchidoideae |
| Genus: |
Platanthera |
| Species: |
P. grandiflora |
| Binomial name |
Platanthera grandiflora
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| Synonyms |
- Orchis grandiflora Bigelow (basionym)
- Orchis fimbriata Dryand.
- Habenaria fimbriata (Dryand.) R.Br.
- Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr. ex L.C.Beck
- Platanthera fimbriata (Dryand.) Lindl.
- Habenaria fimbriata f. albiflora E.L.Rand & Redfield
- Blephariglottis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb.
- Fimbriella psycodes var. grandiflora (Bigelow) Butzin
- Habenaria fimbriata f. mentotonsa Fernald
- Platanthera grandiflora f. albiflora (E.L.Rand & Redfield) Catling
- Platanthera grandiflora f. mentotonsa (Fernald) P.M.Br.
- Platanthera grandiflora f. bicolor P.M.Br.
- Platanthera grandiflora f. carnea P.M.Br.
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