Platanthera mearnsii (Ames) Schltr. 1919

TYPE Collection Sheet by © E A Mearns and Kew's Plants of the World Website

Common Name Mearns' Platanthera [American Army Surgeon, Field Naturalist and Orchid Collector later 1800's]

Flower Size

Found in Taiwan and the Philippines in oak forests at eleavtions arounds 2000 to 2200 meters as a cold growing terrestrial that blooms in the summer

Synonyms *Habenaria mearnsii Ames 1912; Habenaria transnokoensis (Ohwi & Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1977; Platanthera longibracteata Hayata 1914 as P longibracteata nom. illeg.; Platanthera transnokoensis Ohwi & Fukuy. 1934; Tulotis ussuriensis var. transnokoensis (Ohwi & Fukuy.) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su 1978

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 3 Ames 1912 as Habenaria mearnsii

Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 122 Hayata 1914 as longibracteata nom. illeg.

* Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 107 Schlechter 1919

Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 48: 297 Ohwi & Fukuy. 1934 as P transnokoensis

Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 380 S S Ying 1977 as Habenaria transnokoensis

Fl. Taiwan 5: 1126 T.S.Liu & H.J.Su 1978 as Tulotis ussuriensis var. transnokoensis

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