View source for Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys

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|accepted_name=Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
|accepted_authority=(Lindley) Luer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Native Orchids U.S. & Canada,
|place=225. 1975
|year=1975
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Platanthera leucostachys
|authority=Lindley
|publication_title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|publication_place=288. 1835
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Habenaria dilatata var. leucostachys
|authority=(Lindley) Ames
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Habenaria leucostachys
|authority=(Lindley) S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Limnorchis leucostachys
|authority=(Lindley) Rydberg
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae;Platanthera;Platanthera dilatata;Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Platanthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Platanthera dilatata]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 558
|treatment_page=page 557
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Lip </b>often slender with dilation absent or only moderately developed, 4–11 mm; spur slenderly cylindric to filiform, 8–20 mm (markedly longer than lip), apex usually slenderly tapered; viscidia linear to linear-oblong. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Wet meadows, marshes, fens, stream banks, shores, ditches, seeping slopes, roadsides
|elevation=0–3400 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|discussion=<p><i>Platanthera dilatata</i> traditionally has been divided on the basis of spur length into three varieties, one of which, <i></i></i>var.<i><i> leucostachys</i>, is sometimes treated as a distinct species. These infraspecific taxa seem to reflect differing pollination pressures. The moderate spur length and diurnal fragrance of <i></i></i>var.<i><i> dilatata</i> suggests adaptation to diurnal Lepidoptera; the long spurs and primarily nocturnal fragrance of <i></i></i>var.<i><i> leucostachys</i> indicates specialization for moth pollination, and the short spurs and often broader viscidia of <i></i></i>var.<i><i> albiflora</i> suggest a broader range of pollinators or, in extreme cases, specialization for bee or fly pollination. Alone, these characteristics might support recognition at the specific level, but intermediates and populations with variable spur lengths are abundant. In some plants in western Canada, in particular, spurs that are very short when the flower is young grow to equal the lip as the flower ages, and in some they may eventually greatly exceed the lip, thereby simulating all three varieties. Plants with short spurs, either thick or variably slender, occur occasionally across the range of the species. In the southern Rocky Mountains spur reduction reaches an extreme, yet populations with moderate-length spurs occur there as well. In the broad sense, then, <i>P. dilatata</i> forms a cohesive unit in which spur length varies greatly, apparently in response to differing pollination pressures. The northwest is the center of variability of the species, and as it ranges eastward through the boreal forest, and southward down the Rockies and the more western ranges, it appears to have specialized for different pollinators. The recognized varieties of <i>P. dilatata</i> are evidentally merely endpoints in a very complex variation pattern. They have some utility for discussion purposes, but they are very simplistic representations of the underlying situation. Variety leucostachys and, to a lesser extent, <i></i></i>var.<i><i> dilatata</i> appear to be real entities that have emerged from a background of variability that continues to produce similar plants. This variability is here treated within <i></i></i>var.<i><i> albiflora</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Platanthera dilatata</i> hybridizes with <i>P. huronensis</i> and <i>P. purpurascens</i>, and perhaps also does so with other related species; see the note under 10. <i>P. aquilonis</i>.</p>
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name=Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
|author=
|authority=(Lindley) Luer
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Habenaria dilatata var. leucostachys;Habenaria leucostachys;Limnorchis leucostachys
|basionyms=Platanthera leucostachys
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Aug.
|habitat=Wet meadows, marshes, fens, stream banks, shores, ditches, seeping slopes, roadsides
|elevation=0–3400 m
|distribution=B.C.;Alaska;Calif.;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Native Orchids U.S. & Canada,
|publication year=1975
|special status=
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|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae
|genus=Platanthera
|species=Platanthera dilatata
|variety=Platanthera dilatata var. leucostachys
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