A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Last updated 3/22/2021 by David Giblin.
Platanthera unalascensis (Spreng.) Kurtz[HC2]
Alaska rein-orchid
Publication: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19(4): 408. 1894.
Origin: Native
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: Taxonomy follows FNA and Ackerman (1977).
FNA26: "The racemes in Piperia unalascensis are usually slender and sparsely flowered; racemes of uncommon coastal populations (including the type) are short, stout, and densely flowered. Plants of the coast ranges and the Pacific Northwest are stouter and have broader sepals and petals than do interior and montane forms. Two sym-patric forms appear to be in the Sierra Nevada, differing in lip morphology and scent."
References:
» Ackerman, J. D. 1977. Biosystematics of the genus Piperia Rydb. (Orchidaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 75: 245-270.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Habenaria schischmareffiana Cham.
Habenaria unalascensis (Spreng.) S. Watson[HC]
Habenaria unalaschensis (Spreng.) S. Watson, orthographic variant
Piperia unalascensis (Spreng.) Rydb.[FNA26]
Platanthera foetida Geyer ex Hook.
Platanthera unalaschcensis (Spreng.) Kurtz, orthographic variant
Spiranthes unalascensis Spreng.
