Platanthera exelliana Soó

First published in Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 359 (1929)
This name is a synonym of Platanthera pachycaulon

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Efimov, P.G. (2016). A revision of Platanthera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae; Orchidaceae) in Asia. Phytotaxa 254: 1-233. [Cited as Platanthera pachycaulon.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Platanthera exelliana.]
  • Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India. [Cited as Platanthera exelliana.]
  • Ormerod, P. (2012). Orchidaceous additions to the flora of China and Myanmar. Taiwania 57: 117-126. [Cited as Platanthera exelliana.]
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Platanthera exelliana.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0