Platanthera tescamnis
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| Platanthera tescamnis | |
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| herbarium specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Platanthera |
| Species: | P. tescamnis |
| Binomial name | |
| Platanthera tescamnis Sheviak & W.F.Jenn. | |
Platanthera tescamnis is a species of orchid described in 2006.[1] The plant is well-known but had been misidentified.[2] It is native to the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau of the United States, where it grows in warmer, drier habitat than most related orchids.
It produces a slender, erect flowering stem which may exceed one meter-3 feet tall. There are several leaves around the base of the stem, lance-shaped to oval and measuring up to 29 centimeters long by 5 wide. The inflorescence is a dense spike of many small yellow-green flowers.
References
- ↑ Sheviak, C. J. and W. F. Jennings. (2006). A new Platanthera (Orchidaceae) from the Intermountain West. Rhodora 108:933 19-31.
- ↑ NYS Museum Scientist Reports Discovery of New Orchid Species. New York State Museum Press Release April 19, 2006.
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