Platanthera stenochila

Platanthera stenochila is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native from east Nepal through the eastern Himalayas of India to south-central China (north-west Yunnan).^[1]

Platanthera stenochila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Orchideae
Subtribe:	Orchidinae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. stenochila
Binomial name
Platanthera stenochila X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & L.Q.Huang[1]
Synonyms[1]
Herminium angustilabre King & Pantl. Monorchis angustilabris (King & Pantl.) O.Schwarz Androcorys angustilabris (King & Pantl.) Agrawala & H.J.Chowdhery Platanthera angustilabris (King & Pantl.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin, nom. illeg.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1896, as Herminium angustilabre. It was later placed in either the genus Monorchis or the genus Androcorys,^[1] both now included in Herminium. A molecular phylogenetic study in 2014 found that it was deeply embedded in a clade of Platanthera species, and so transferred it to that genus as Platanthera angustilabris (King & Pantl.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin.^[2] However, this name had already been used for a different species, Platanthera angustilabris Seidenf., so was an illegitimate name. In 2015, an acceptable replacement name, Platanthera stenochila, was published.^[1][3]