- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Platanthera Rich.
Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.

[O-EM]
- General Description
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Tubers 2, more or less conical, attenuate at apex. Plant 25-50 cm. Foliage-leaves 2, 7-16 x 2.5-8 cm, basal, subopposite, oblanceolate-oblong to obovate or broadly elliptical. Cauline leaves 2-5; lamina usually 1-3 cm, occasionally larger but always much narrower than that of basal leaves. Spike up to 20 cm; flowers white, slightly tinged with green, fragrant. Perianth-segments of the galea 5-7 mm; outer lateral segments 8-10 mm. Labellum 8- 12 mm, linear-oblong, pendent. Spur 25-30 mm, slender, subulate, more or less horizontal, much longer than ovary. Anther-cells parallel, almost contiguous.
- Distribution
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Almost throughout Europe, but rarer in the Mediterranean region.
- Habitat
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Open woods, meadows and damp heaths.
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia
Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Milne-Redhead, E. [2374], Austria | 1415.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [1792], United Kingdom | 1416.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [12108], Austria | 1417.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [2360], United Kingdom | 1418.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [2359], United Kingdom | 1419.000 | No | |||
Hubbard, C.E., United Kingdom | 1420.000 | No | |||
Payne, E.M., United Kingdom | 22571.000 | No | |||
Sladen, W.J.L. [430], Yugoslavia | 23885.000 | No | |||
Westrup, A.W., United Kingdom | 24637.000 | No | |||
Sladen, W.J.L. [16/13/210], Yugoslavia | 24665.000 | No | |||
Sladen, W.J.L. [301], Yugoslavia | 24760.000 | No | |||
25042.000 | No | ||||
Hubbard, C.E. [623], United Kingdom | 34474.000 | No | |||
Booth, C., United Kingdom | 48867.000 | No | |||
Watson, J.M. [55], Italy | 5745.000 | No | |||
Sayers, D., Austria | 5882.000 | No | |||
Civeyrel [559] | 73209.000 | No | |||
Chase [34566], Italy | 78217.000 | No |
First published in De Orchid. Eur.: 35 (1817)
Accepted by
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Curtis, T. & Thompson, R. (2009). The orchids of Ireland: 1-160. National Museums of Northern Ireland, Cultra, Holywood.
- Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Efimov, P.G. (2016). A revision of Platanthera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae; Orchidaceae) in Asia. Phytotaxa 254: 1-233.
- G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
- Galán Cela, P. & Gamarra, R. (2003). Check List of the Iberian and Balearic Orchids 2. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 60: 309-329.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Efimov, P.G. (2016). A revision of Platanthera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae; Orchidaceae) in Asia. Phytotaxa 254: 1-233.
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