Featured: Lysimachia arvensis Image from Stuppy & Kesseler
©Papadakis Publisher

  1. Family: Orchidaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Platanthera Rich.

      1. Platanthera elegans Lindl.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is SW. Canada to California.

    Images

    Distribution

    Native to:

    British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington

    Platanthera elegans Lindl. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Douglas, D. [s.n.], Oregon K000796970
    Hartweg, K.T. [s.n.], California K000062148
    Tolmie, W.F. [s.n.], Oregon K000079300 Unknown type material
    Jan 1, 1976 Douglas, D. [s.n.] Piperia elegans K000079287 holotype
    krauslin [s.n.], USA Piperia elegans K000079286

    First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 285 (1835)

    Not accepted by

    • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Piperia elegans.]

    Sources

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0