Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer


ORCHIDACEAE Family selection - Orchid family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Native Orch. Florida 146. 1972
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Snowy orchid

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Gymnadeniopsis nivea (Nutt.) Rydb.
= Habenaria nivea (Nutt.) Spreng.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:


Page counter: 344 ( AVG: 223.57 / 292.95 )



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Platanthera nivea
Platanthera nivea
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 553.


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Distributional map for Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer
Map for Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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2) Platanthera peramoena (A. Gray) A. Gray [635]
3) Platanthera praeclara Sheviak & Bowles [397]
4) Platanthera purpurascens (Rydb.) Sheviak & Jennings [200]
5) Platanthera saccata (Greene) Hultén [143]
6) Platanthera unalascensis (Spreng.) Kurtz ssp. maritima (Greene) de Filipps [135]
7) Platanus occidentalis L. var. glabrata (Fernald) Sarg. [155]
8) Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. [753]
9) Platydictya jungermannioides (Brid.) H.A. Crum var. minutissima (Sull. & Lesq.) H.A. Crum [110]
10) Platyhypnidium riparoides (Hedw.) Dix. [165]

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