View source for Platanthera nivea

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Platanthera nivea
|accepted_authority=(Nuttall) Luer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Native Orchids Florida,
|place=146. 1972
|year=1972
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Orchis nivea
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|publication_title=Gen. N. Amer. Pl.
|publication_place=2: 188. 1818
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Habenaria nivea
|authority=(Nuttall) Sprengel
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae;Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae;Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae;Platanthera;Platanthera nivea
|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 nivea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 553, 571
|treatment_page=page 570
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>17–90 cm. <b>Leaves</b> 1–3, ascending to spreading, abruptly or gradually reduced to bracts distally, often fugaceous and withered at anthesis; blade linear to linear-lanceolate, 3–31 × 0.3–2 cm. <b>Spikes</b> dense. <b>Flowers</b> not resupinate, showy, white; lateral sepals spreading; petals linear-oblong to oblong or elliptic, falcate, basally somewhat dilated, margins entire; lip reflexed ± at middle, linear-elliptic to linear-oblong, without basal thickening, 3–8 × 1–3 mm, margins entire; spur slenderly cylindric, 10–18 mm; rostellum lobes directed downward, very short, obscure, rounded; pollinaria straight, pollinia remaining enclosed in anther sacs; viscidia oblong to linear-oblong; ovary slender, 4–12 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Moist pine barrens, pine savannas, meadows, wet sandy woods, bogs, and cypress swamps
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|discussion=<p>The column of <i>Platanthera nivea</i> is similar to that of <i>P. clavellata</i> and <i>P. integra</i> and unlike that of other <i>Platanthera</i> species. The columns of these three species bear two pairs of appendages. In <i>P. nivea</i>, on either side of the column and flanking the anther sacs, a cushionlike flap simulates a pollinium; below these structures, elongated slender processes parallel the basal margins of the lip, similar to the situation in <i>Habenaria</i>. Together with its non-resupinate flower and perhaps elongate-spheroidal tuberoids, these characteristics suggest that this species should not be included in <i>Platanthera</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Platanthera nivea
|authority=(Nuttall) Luer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Habenaria nivea
|basionyms=Orchis nivea
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (May–Sep).
|habitat=Moist pine barrens, pine savannas, meadows, wet sandy woods, bogs, and cypress swamps
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.J.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Native Orchids Florida,
|publication year=1972
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1164.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Orchidoideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Orchideae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Orchideae) subtribe Orchidinae
|genus=Platanthera
|species=Platanthera nivea
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