Platanthera japonica




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae
Subtribe Orchidinae
Scientific name Platanthera japonica (Thunberg) Lindley
Synonyms Habenaria japonica (Thunberg) A.Gray; Orchis japonica Thunberg; Platanthera manubriata Kränzlin ex Diels
Common name (Japanese common name) ture-sagi-sou (ツレサギソウ, 連鷺草 [meaning: herons weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) China
Habitat Mountane field, wet forest
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 40-60cm tall. Leaves alternate 2-5, 10-20cm long, 4-7cm wide. Flowers inflorescences 10-20cm long, white side sepals ca. 8mm long, lip 13-15mm long, spurs 3-4cm long. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Platanthera japonica (Thunb. ex A. Murray) Lindl.
Platanthera japonica (Thunb. ex A. Murray) Lindl. 1835
The floral morphology and ontogeny of some Chinese representatives of orchid subtribe Orchidinae China



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