Biology:Platanthera obtusata

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Short description: Species of orchid

Platanthera obtusata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:
P. obtusata
Binomial name
Platanthera obtusata
(Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Orchis obtusata Banks ex Pursh
  • Habenaria obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Richardson
  • Lysiella obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Rydb.
  • Habenaria obtusata var. collectanea Fernald
  • Platanthera obtusata var. collectanea (Fernald) W.J.Schrenk
  • Platanthera obtusata f. collectanea (Fernald) P.M.Br.
  • Platanthera obtusata f. foliosa P.M.Br.

Platanthera obtusata, common name blunt-leaved orchid or small northern bog orchid, is a small species of orchid in the genus Platanthera. It widespread across much of the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere, though rare in some parts of its range.[1][3][4] Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata - Alaska (including the Aleutians), much of Canada (all 13 provinces and territories), south along the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico; the Great Lakes States, the Adirondacks and northern New England; St. Pierre & Miquelon.[5][6]
  • Platanthera obtusata subsp. oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén - Norway , Sweden, Finland ,[7] Siberia and the Russian Far East

It is pollinated by several species of mosquito[8][9] as well as by other insects.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sheviak, Charles J. (2002), "Platanthera obtusata", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101847 
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata
  4. Anderberg, Arne; Anderberg, Anna-Lena. "Platanthera obtusata" (in Swedish). Den virtuella floran. Swedish Museum of Natural History. http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/mono/orchida/plata/platobt.html. Retrieved 29 December 2010. 
  5. "Platanthera obtusata", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Platanthera%20obtusata.png 
  6. "Platanthera obtusata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PLOB. 
  7. Mäkelä, Annina (December 2009). "Pikkulehdokki, Suomelle uusi kämmekkälaji: The first record of Platanthera obtusata ssp. oligantha from Finland". Lutukka 2009 25 (4): 122–124. https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/publications/pikkulehdokki-suomelle-uusi-k%C3%A4mmekk%C3%A4laji-the-first-record-of-plat. 
  8. J. Richard Gorham (Jan 1976). "Orchid Pollination by Aedes Mosquitoes in Alaska". The American Midland Naturalist 95 (1): 208–210. doi:10.2307/2424249. 
  9. Peach, Daniel A. H.; Gries, Gerhard (2019). "Mosquito phytophagy – sources exploited, ecological function, and evolutionary transition to haematophagy" (in en). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 168 (2): 120–136. doi:10.1111/eea.12852. ISSN 1570-7458. 
  10. "Year of Pollination: Mosquitoes as Pollinators". Jul 8, 2015. Archived from the original on Jul 8, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150708193339/https://awkwardbotany.com/2015/07/08/year-of-pollination-mosquitoes-as-pollinators/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2704800 entry