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Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.

This species name was first published in De Orchid. Eur. : 35 (1817)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000274336.

Synonyms of Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Lysias bifolia (L.) Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 288 (1812) wfo-0000231594
Orchis alba Lam. Fl. Franç. , éd. 2, 3: 502 (1795) wfo-0000258892
Orchis bifolia L. Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 939 (1753) wfo-0000258973
Orchis stenanthera E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 4: 52 (1905) wfo-0000260051
Platanthera bifolia f. latiflora (Drejer) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 831 1907 wfo-0000274342
Platanthera bifolia f. trifoliata (Thielens) Paucă & A.Nyár. Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 728. 1972 wfo-0000274344
Platanthera solstitialis Boenn. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 120. wfo-0000274702
Platanthera solstitialis var. trifoliata Thielens Orch. Deutschl. 49 1894 wfo-0000274704
Satyrium bifolium (L.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 2: 579 (1826) wfo-0000304653
Sieberia bifolia (L.) Spreng. Anleit. Kenntn. Gew., ed. 2. 2(1): 282 (1817) wfo-0000311041
Platanthera bifolia f. pervia (Peterm.) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 101 1928 wfo-0000839430
Platanthera bifolia var. pervia (Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 829 1907 wfo-0000839432
Platanthera bifolia f. densiflora (Drejer) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 102 1928 wfo-0000839441
Conopsidium sthenantherum Wallr. Beitr. Bot. Fl. Teutschl. : 103 (1842) wfo-0000920614
Gymnadenia bifolia (L.) G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 540 (1836) wfo-0000976538
Habenaria bifolia (L.) R.Br. Hortus Kew. 5: 193 (1813) wfo-0000977218
Platanthera bifolia var. latiflora (Drejer) Kreutz Eurorchis 17: 110. 2005 [8 Oct 2005] wfo-0001033622
Platanthera solstitialis var. pervia (Peterm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 293 1890 wfo-0001033624

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link