Platanthera carnosilabris

Platanthera carnosilabris is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae, native to south-central China (north-west Yunnan).[1]

Platanthera carnosilabris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:
P. carnosilabris
Binomial name
Platanthera carnosilabris
(Tang & F.T.Wang) X.H.Jin, Schuit. & W.T.Jin[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Herminium carnosilabre Tang & F.T.Wang

Taxonomy edit

The species was first described by Tsin Tang and Fa Tsuan Wang in 1940, as Herminium carnosilabre.[1] A molecular phylogenetic study in 2014 found that it was deeply embedded in a clade of Platanthera species, and so it was transferred to that genus as Platanthera carnosilabre.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Platanthera carnosilabris", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-03-19
  2. ^ Jin, Wei-Tao; Jin, Xiao-Hua; Schuiteman, André; Li, De-Zhu; Xiang, Xiao-Guo; Huang, Wei-Chang; Li, Jian-Wu & Huang, Lu-Qi (2014), "Molecular systematics of subtribe Orchidinae and Asian taxa of Habenariinae (Orchideae, Orchidaceae) based on plastid matK, rbcL and nuclear ITS", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 77: 41–53, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.04.004, PMID 24747003