Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Orchidaceae

Platanthera - [maps | photos]

• Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl.
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: yellow fringed orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R. Br. ex Aiton

• Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: small green wood orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria clavellata (Michx.) Spreng.

         • Gymnadeniopsis clavellata (Michaux) Rydberg

• Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: yellow crested orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.

• Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: palegreen orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria flava (L.) R. Br.

• Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. herbiola (R. Br. ex Aiton) Luer (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: palegreen orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria flava (L.) R. Br. var. herbiola (R. Br. ex Aiton) Ames & Correll

• Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: large purple fringed orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr.

• Platanthera integra (Nutt.) A. Gray ex Beck (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: yellow fringeless orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria integra (Nutt.) Spreng.

         • Gymnadeniopsis integra (Nutt.) Rydberg

• Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Threatened)
  NWI TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: monkeyface orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. var. integrilabia Correll

• Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G. Don
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: green fringed orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria lacera (Michx.) R. Br.

• Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer (TN Endangered)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: snowy orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria nivea (Nutt.) Spreng.

         • Gymnadeniopsis nivea (Nuttall) Rydberg

• Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl. (TN Threatened)
  NWI TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: lesser roundleaved orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) Torr.

• Platanthera peramoena (A. Gray) A. Gray
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: purple fringeless orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria peramoena A. Gray

• Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: small purple fringed orchid
  Synonyms:
  

         • Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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