Platanthera holmboei H.Lindb. 1942
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Common Name Holmboe's Platanthera [Norwegian Botanist 1900's]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in the eastern Aegaen Islands, Cyprus, Turkey, Syria Lebanon, Israel and Jordan in scrub and pinewoods in shade at elevations up to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with 1 to 4 basal leaves that blooms in the spring on an erect, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, to 25 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Platanthera chlorantha subsp. holmboei (H.Lindb.) J.J.Wood 1980; Platanthera lesbiaca Devillers-Tersch., Devillers, Dedroog, Baeten & Flausch 2010; Platanthera montana subsp. holmboei (H.Lindb.) Ströhle 2003
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Årsbok-Vuosik. Soc. Sci. Fenn. 20B(7): 11 H Lindb. 1942;
Orchid Rev. 88: 122 J J Wood 1980 as P chlorantha subsp holmboei
J. Eur. Orch. 35: 834 Strohle 2003 P montana subsp holmboei
Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Delforge 2005
Naturalistes Belges 91: 244 Devillers-Tersch., Devillers, Dedroog, Baeten & Flausch 2010 as P lesbiaca
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