Platanthera fuscescens (L.) Kraenzl. 1899
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Photo by © the Sights of Shiretoko Website
Drawing by © Zhang Taili and Flora of China Vol 25: 158 illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010
Common Name The Brownish Platanthera
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in eastern Russia, China, Mongolia and Korea along gullies in forests at elevations of 400 to 4300 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with a thick, erect stem with 1 to 2 tubular sheaths below the 2 t o 3, larger, lower, obovate to elliptic, erect, spreading, obtuse, gradually constricted into the amplexicaul, clasping base leaves and has 1 to few bract-like small, leaves above that blooms in the fall on an erect, several to many flowered, racemose inflorescence.
CAUTION the photo above does not match the only reference that I have, the lip is way too thin in this one. Also see P souliei as it is cast as a synonym of this species but there is no resemblance.
Synonyms Habenaria pugionifera W.W.Sm. 1921; *Orchis fuscescens L. 1753; Perularia fuscescens (L.) Lindl. 1835; Platanthera ditmariana f. longibracteata Miyabe & Kudo 1932; Platanthera fuscescens var. orientalis Kraenzl. 1913; Platanthera herbiola Lindl. 1835; Platanthera pugionifera (W.W.Sm.) Schltr.1924; Pseudodiphryllum chorisianum f. elata (Finet) Nevski 1935; Tulotis asiatica H.Hara 1955; Tulotis fuscescens (L.) Raf. ex Czerep. 1973
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Sp. Pl.: 943 L. 1753 as Orchis fuscesccens
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1701 Lindley 1834 as Perularia fuscescens
Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 287 Lindley 1835 as Habenaria herbiola
* Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 637 Kraenzlin 1899
Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 82: 24 Kraenzlin 1905 as Habenaria shensiana
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 5: 199 Kraenzlin 1908 as P souliei
Russk. Bot. Zhurn. 3-4: 40 Kraenzlin 1913 as P fuscescens var orientalis
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 99 Schlechter 1919 as Perularia shensiana
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 99 Schlechter 1919 as Perularia souliei
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 209 W W sm. 1921 as Habenaria pugionifera
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 381 Schlechter 1924 as P pugionifera
J. Jap. Bot. 30: 72 H Hara 1955 as Tulotis shensiana
J. Jap. Bot. 30: 72 H Hara 1955 as Tulotis souliei
Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 59 Tang & F.T.Wang 1951 as P shensiana
J. Jap. Bot. 30: 72 H Hara 1955 as Tulotis asiatica nom. illeg.
Svod Dopolnenii i izmenenii k "Flore SSSR": 622 Raf. ex Czerep. 1973 as Tulotis fuscescens
Native Orchids of Shaanxi Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo as Tulotis fuscescens;
Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos ok;
Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as P souliei;
Flora of China Vol 25: 158 illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as P souliei drawing fide ;
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