Platanthera ussuriensis (Regel) Maxim.1887
Plant and Flowers in situ Japan
Photos by © Hisanori Takeuchi and his Orchids of the World Website
Photos by Takato NATSU from Japan and his Japan Orchids Page
Drawing by Zhang Taili and Flora of China Vol 25: pl 158 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010
Common Name The Ussuri River Platanthera [River between Siberia and Manchuria] - In Japan - Tonbo-sou - In China Dong Ya She Chun Lan
Flower Size .2" [6mm]
Found in Siberia, Japan, China and Korea in forests, forest margins, along gullies in shade at elevations of 400 to 2800 meters as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial with an erect, slender stem enveloped basally by 1 to 2 tubular sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, cauline, widely spaced, spatulate to narrowly oblong, acute to obtuse , basally clasping leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, slender, 2.4 to 4" [56 to 10 cm] long, laxly 10 to 20 flowered, racemose inflorescence with 1 to several, small, lanceolate bracts and narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the ovary floral bracts
Synonyms Habenaria japonica var. micrantha Miq. 1866; Habenaria shensiana Kraenzl. 1905; Perularia ussuriensis (Regel) Schltr. 1919; Platanthera herbiola var. japonica Finet 1900; Platanthera shensiana (Kraenzl.) Tang & F.T.Wang 1951; *Platanthera tipuloides var. ussuriensis Regel 1861; Tulotis shensiana (Kraenzl.) H.Hara 1955; Tulotis ussuriensis (Regel) Hara 1955
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 157 Regel 1861 as Platanthera tipuloides var. ussuriensis
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 207 Miq. 1866 as Habenaria japonica var. micrantha
* Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 31: 107 Maxim. 1886
Bull. Soc. Bot. France 47: 281 Finet 1900 as Platanthera herbiola var. japonica nom. superfl.
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 99 Schlechter 1919 as Perularia ussuriensis
J. Jap. Bot. 30: 72 H Hara 1955 as Tulotis ussuriensis
Native Orchids of Shaanxi - Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide as Tulotis ussuriensis;
A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 as Tulotis ussuriense photo fide;
Flora of China Vol 25: 109 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;
Flora of China Vol 25: pl 158 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok;
Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide
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