Platanthera hyperborea

Northern green orchid
	Platanthera hyperborea in East Iceland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Genus:	Platanthera
Species:	P. hyperborea
Binomial name
	Platanthera hyperborea; Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
	Orchis hyperborea L.; Habenaria hyperborea (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton; Gymnadenia hyperborea (L.) Link; Limnorchis hyperborea (L.) Rydb.; Orchis koenigii Gunnerus; Orchis acuta Banks ex Pursh; Habenaria borealis Cham.; Platanthera koenigii (Gunnerus) Lindl.; Platanthera borealis (Cham.) Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach; Platanthera hyperborea var. minor Lange; Limnorchis borealis (Cham.) Rydb.; Limnorchis brachypetala Britton & Rydb.; Habenaria dilatata var. borealis (Cham.) Muenscher;

Platanthera hyperborea, the northern green orchid,[2] is small orchid found only in Greenland, Iceland, and Akimiski Island in Canada.[1][3] Numerous authors cite the species as widespread in other parts of Canada and also in the United States; such populations are more correctly referred to as Platanthera aquilonis.[4][5]

References

"Platanthera hyperborea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
"Platanthera hyperborea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera hyperborea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Sheviak, Charles J. (1999). Lindleyana. 14 (4). 193–202, f. 1–5. Missing or empty |title= (help).
"Northern green bog orchid ( Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak (formerly Platanthera hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley)" (PDF). Manitoba Native Orchids Compendium.

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[WCSP-1] "Platanthera hyperborea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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

[3] Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera hyperborea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[4] Sheviak, Charles J. (1999). Lindleyana. 14 (4). 193–202, f. 1–5. Missing or empty |title= (help).

[5] "Northern green bog orchid ( Platanthera aquilonis Sheviak (formerly Platanthera hyperborea (Linnaeus) Lindley)" (PDF). Manitoba Native Orchids Compendium.