Platanthera tescamnis

Platanthera tescamnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. tescamnis
Binomial name
	Platanthera tescamnis; &
Synonyms
	Limnorchis tescamnis (Sheviak & W.F.Jenn.) P.M.Br., S.L.Stewart & Gamarra

Platanthera tescamnis, the intermountain bog orchid or yellow rein orchid,^[2] is a species of orchid described in 2006.^[3] The plant is well-known but had been misidentified.^[4] It is native to the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau of the western United States (Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California), where it grows in warmer, drier habitat than most related orchids.^[1]

Platanthera tescamnis flowerspike

Platanthera tescamnis produces a slender, erect flowering stem which may exceed one meter (3 ft 3 in) tall. There are several leaves around the base of the stem, lance-shaped to oval and measuring up to 29 centimeters (11 in) long by 5 centimeters (2 in) wide. The inflorescence is a dense spike of many small yellow-green flowers.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ "Platanthera tescamnis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheviak, C. J. and W. F. Jennings. (2006). A new Platanthera (Orchidaceae) from the Intermountain West. Rhodora 108:933 19-31.
^ NYS Museum Scientist Reports Discovery of New Orchid Species. New York State Museum Press Release April 19, 2006.

External links[]

Media related to Platanthera tescamnis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Platanthera tescamnis at Wikispecies
P. tescamnis page (with live specimen photos) from Calflora
Jepson Manual Treatment

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[111l-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] "Platanthera tescamnis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.

[jjj-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sheviak, C. J. and W. F. Jennings. (2006). A new Platanthera (Orchidaceae) from the Intermountain West. Rhodora 108:933 19-31.

[4] NYS Museum Scientist Reports Discovery of New Orchid Species. New York State Museum Press Release April 19, 2006.

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