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Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.
greater purple fringed orchid

       
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Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

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Synonyms:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

  BLGR Blephariglotis grandiflora (Bigelow) Rydb.
  HAFI2 Habenaria fimbriata (Aiton) R. Br.
  HAGR9 Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr.
  HAPSG Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng. var. grandiflora (Bigelow) A. Gray
 

Distribution:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

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USA (CT, DE, GA, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 45 species in Platanthera
 

Classification:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Orchidales
Family Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus Platanthera Rich. – fringed orchid
Species Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. – greater purple fringed orchid
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
large purple fringed orchid              Threatened
New York:
large purple fringed orchid              Exploitably Vulnerable
Ohio:
large purple fringed orchid              Presumed Extirpated
Tennessee:
large purple fringed orchid              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW FACW FACW NI NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43426.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 12:09 PM MDT