Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.

Abstract, Prasad K. & Rich., Platanthera, 2023, The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species, Rheedea 33 (2), pp. 31-52 : 41

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BA-FFF1-5A06-FF17-9914B781AF56

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.
status

 

Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. View in CoL 26: 360. 1929. Habenaria leptocaulon Hook.f., Fl. Brit. View in CoL India 6: 154. 1890. Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Tang & F.T. Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. View in CoL 1(1): 58. 1951, comb. superf. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA , Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachen Valley, August 1849, Hooker 315 (K [K000247392 digital image!]).

Distribution: India , Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.

Specimens examined: INDIA , Arunachal Pradesh, Kurung Kumey district, Vadse hills, 3800 m, 05.08.2010, S . S . Dash & A . A . Mao 23299 ( ARUN); West Kameng district, Baisakhi , near Seha , 31.08.1984, Naithani 1147 ( RENZ digital image, DD). Nagaland, Dzukou valley , 2450 m, A . A . Mao & R . Gogoi 115018, 112593 (ASSAM). Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachong Valley , 11000 ft., August 1895, Pantling 422 ( E, K, P digital images, CAL, DD); Lachung , Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary , 3443 m, 01.08.2019, K . Prasad 86539 ( CAL, BSID); Ibid. , 3688 m, 06.08.2014, D. K . Agrawala 38887 ( BSHC); Lachung Valley , 9000 ft., 30.07.1892, Gammie 343 ( CAL); North Sikkim, s.loc., s.d., R . C . Srivastava s.n. ( BSHC); Shivamandir, 3900 m, 25.07.2011, Mohan Gangopadhayay 36118 ( BSHC); Sikkim Himalaya, s.loc., s.d., Gammie s.n. ( CAL); s.loc., s.d., Hooker 315 ( K digital image); Pakyong district , below Zuluk, 2700 m, 28.07.1985, D. C . S . Raju 3987 ( BSHC). Uttarakhand, Chamoli district, Bedini Meadows , 29.07.2009, Jalal 15018 ( WII); Chamoli, 01.08.2009, Jalal 15049 ( WII); Rudraprayag district , Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Tunganat, 19.07.2008, I . D. Rai s.n. ( WII). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah Range , 10000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 422 ( K, LE, P digital images, CAL) .

Notes: This species is closely related to P. bakeriana and is characterised by thin stems, narrow leaves, few-flowered secund racemes and narrow sepals and petals. Recently, this species was reported from Uttarakhand (western Himalaya) by Jalal et al. (2010).

S

Department of Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History

A

Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum

ARUN

Botanical Survey of India, Arunachal Pradesh Regional Centre

RENZ

University of Basel

DD

Forest Research Institute, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

P

Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants

CAL

Botanical Survey of India

BSID

Botanical Survey of India

BSHC

Botanical Survey of India, Sikkim Himalayan Circle

C

University of Copenhagen

WII

Wildlife Institute of India, Department of Habitat Ecology

I

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University

LE

Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologia

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Platanthera

Loc

Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.

Abstract, Prasad K. & Rich., Platanthera 2023
2023
Loc

Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Tang & F.T. Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin.

Tang & F. T. Wang 1951: 58
1951
Loc

Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.

Hook. f. 1929: 360
1929
Loc

Habenaria leptocaulon Hook.f., Fl. Brit.

Hook. f., Fl. Brit. 1890: 154
1890
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF