Platanthera stricta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Orchideae
Subtribus: Orchidinae
Genus: Platanthera
Species: Platanthera stricta

Name

Platanthera stricta Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 288 (1835).

Synonymy

Homotypic
- Habenaria stricta (Lindl.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 189 (1897), nom. illeg.
- Limnorchis stricta (Lindl.) Rydb., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 105 (1900).
- Habenaria neomexicana Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.: 731 (1941).
Heterotypic
- Habenaria borealis var. viridiflora Cham., Linnaea 3: 28 (1828).
- Orchis dolichorhiza Fisch. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 287 (1835).
- Platanthera gracilis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 288 (1835).
- Platanthera dolichorrhiza (Fisch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 127 (1851).
- Platanthera dilatata var. gracilis Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 71 (1852).
- Platanthera dilatata var. viridiflora (Cham.) Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 71 (1852).
- Habenaria gracilis (Ledeb.) S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 12: 276 (1877), nom. illeg.
- Habenaria saccata Greene, Erythea 3: 49 (1895).
- Platanthera gracilis (Ledeb.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 639 (1899), nom. illeg.
- Limnorchis gracilis (Lindl.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 627 (1901).
- Limnorchis viridiflora (Cham.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 616 (1901).
- Platanthera hyperborea var. dilatatoides Hultén, Fl. Aleutian Isl.: 141 (1937).
- Habenaria septentrionalis Tidestr. in I.Tidestrom & T.Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.: 731 (1941).
- Platanthera stricta var. gracilis (Lindl.) Hultén, Acta Univ. Lund., n.s., 39(1): 29 (1943).
- Platanthera saccata (Greene) Hultén, Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 35 (1967 publ. 1968).
- Habenaria convallariifolia var. dilatatoides (Hultén) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 636 (1967).
- Habenaria saccata var. gracilis (Lindl.) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 94: 636 (1967).
- Limnorchis saccata (Greene) Á.Löve & W.Simon, S. W. Naturalist 13: 339 (1968).
- Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis (Lindl.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 232 (1975).
- Platanthera hyperborea var. viridiflora (Cham.) Luer, Native Orchids U.S. & Canada excluding Florida: 233 (1975)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Yukon. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. South Dakota. Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1835. The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 288.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Platanthera stricta. Accessed: 2025 Dec 19.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Platanthera stricta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. Platanthera stricta. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 19. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Platanthera stricta. Accessed: 19 Dec 2025.Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Platanthera stricta. Published online. Accessed: 19 Dec 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Platanthera stricta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Dec 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Slender bog orchid

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