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C76D87BAFFF85A08FF2E9A0BB6C0A9D3.text	C76D87BAFFF85A08FF2E9A0BB6C0A9D3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera bakeriana (King & Pantl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp.	<div><p>Platanthera bakeriana (King &amp; Pantl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 632. 1899. Habenaria bakeriana King &amp; Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 132. 1896. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA, Sikkim, Lachen Valley, July 1895, Pantling 401 (CAL [CAL0000000765!]; isolecto CAL [CAL0000000764!], K [K000247399 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng district, Nekmadung, 20.07.1999 ,</p><p>A.N. Rao 30553 (OHT, ARUN); s.loc., 31.08.1984, Naithani 1148 (RENZ digital image). Sikkim, s.loc., 8-12000 ft., s.d., Hooker s.n. (K, P digital images, CAL); s.loc., s.d., Hooker 312 (K digital image); s.loc., s.d., Hooker 316 (K digital image); s.loc., s.d., King’s coll. s.n. (P digital image); East Sikkim district, Changu, 12000 ft., 16.07.1910, Smith 3503 (CAL); Ibid., 3775 m, 07.08.1997, D. Maiti &amp; S.K. Rai 18807 (BSHC); below Changu, 3750 m, 07.07.1997, A. Maiti &amp; S.K. Rai 18823 (BSHC); Karponang, 21.07.1945, Bor 53 (DD); below Kyangnosla, 08.07.1996, Long &amp; Noltie 79 (E digital image); Mindzar dara, 12000 ft., August 1888, King’s coll. s.n. (CAL); Samdong, 3550 m, 16.07.1986, D.C.S. Raju &amp; S. Singh 5930 (BSHC); Tsomgo, 18.08.1945, Bor 1031 (DD); North Sikkim district, Gnatong (Gnathang), August 1894, Pantling 401 (BM, P digital images, CAL); Lachen, 20.07.1909, Smith &amp; Cave 2655 (CAL); Ibid., s.d., Hooker 149 (K digital image); Lachen Valley, 9000 ft., August 1895, Pantling 401 (CAL); Lachen to Tallam, near Gompa, 3100 m, 15.07.1986, D.C.S. Raju &amp; S. Singh 5911 (BSHC); Lachong Valley, 9000 ft., July 1897, Pantling 401 (BM, E, K, P digital images, CAL); Lachung, way to Shivmandir, 3836 m, 31.07.2019, K. Prasad 86532 (CAL, BSID); Ibid., 3824 m, 31.07.2019, K. Prasad 86533 (CAL, BSID); Ibid., 3861 m, 31.07.2019, K. Prasad 86535 (CAL); Ibid., 3868 m, 31.07.2019, K. Prasad 86537 (CAL, BSID); Lachung to Dombeyang, 3100 m, 27.07.1997, A. Maity 18543 (BSHC); Lowthang, 10000 ft., July 1897, Pantling 401 (BM, K digital images, CAL); Shingba Rhodo Sanctuary, 3300 m, 06.08.2014, D.K. Agrawala 38894A (BSHC); Zema-III to Samthang, 3220 m, 03.08.2014, D.K. Agrawala 38878 (BSHC); Yakchey to Yumthang, 3300 m, 10.07.1986, D.C.S. Raju &amp; S. Singh 5713 (BSHC); Yakla, 15.10.1896, Clarke 10405 (K digital image); West Sikkim district, Bakhim to Dzongri, 3300 m, 25.07.1999, A. Maity 21689 (BSHC). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah, 10-12000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 401 (CAL); Ibid., 10-12000 ft., August 1896, Pantling 401 (K digital image, CAL); Ibid., 12000 ft., July 1887, King’s coll. s.n. (P digital image, CAL); lbid., 07.10.1870, Clarke 12550 (K digital image); Tonglo, 9500 ft., July 1882, Gamble 10363 (K digital image, CAL); s.loc., 18.08.1962, Renz 18079 (RENZ digital image).</p><p>Notes: The vegetative characters of Platanthera bakeriana are variable, but the floral characters are constant. King and Pantling (1896) while describing the species cited the material collected from “Lachen Valley, at an elevation of 9000 feet, flowering in July, Pantling No. 401”. A scrutiny of relevant specimens at various herbaria revealed three specimens, two at CAL (CAL0000000764, CAL0000000765), and one at K (K000247399). Efimov (2016) while lectotypifying the name chose the specimen CAL0000000765, collected from an elevation of 11000 feet, which is contrary to protologue. The above typification by Efimov (2016) was an error because there is another specimen at CAL (CAL0000000764) having the elevation absolutely matching with the protologue. This specimen also has handwritten notes by Robert Pantling, and Efimov overlooked this specimen.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF85A08FF2E9A0BB6C0A9D3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFFF5A08FF179EFCB6C3AFFA.text	C76D87BAFFFF5A08FF179EFCB6C3AFFA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera handel-mazzettii K. Inoue, J. Jap. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera handel-mazzettii K.Inoue, J. Jap. Bot. 61: 195. 1986. Type: CHINA, Northwestern Yunnan, upper Tjiantong, 3600–3800 m, 08.08.1916, Handel-Mazzetti 9770 (holo W14770).</p><p>Distribution: India and China.</p><p>Specimen examined: INDIA, Sikkim, East Sikkim district, Yakla, 15.10.1896, Clarke 10405 (K digital image)</p><p>Notes: This species was collected from Sikkim 125 years ago and no later collections are available. It differs from P. nematocaulon by its larger flower, reflexed lateral sepals and unreduced viscidium.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFFF5A08FF179EFCB6C3AFFA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFFF5A0BFF1798E3B65CAE08.text	C76D87BAFFFF5A0BFF1798E3B65CAE08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera dambungensis K. Prasad 2023	<div><p>Platanthera dambungensis K.Prasad, sp. nov. Figs. 1 &amp; 2</p><p>Platanthera dambungensis is closely allied to P. yadongensis X.H.Jin &amp; W.T.Jin but differs by having non-stoloniferous tuberoids (vs. stoloniferous), rachis with dentate ribs (vs. not dentate), ovate-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 8–20 mm long floral bracts, with dentate margins (vs. linear-lanceolate, about 30 mm long with ciliate margins), ribs of pedicels and ovary dentate (vs. ribs not dentate), lateral sepals 3.8–4.4 mm long (vs. 3.5 mm long), lip distinctly arching with sub-entire margins, slightly longer than the sepals, 3.9–4.6 mm long (vs. slightly arching and entire, shorter than the sepals, c. 3 mm) and rostellar arms shallowly concave (vs. deeply concave).</p><p>Type: INDIA, Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachung, way to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.75611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.728056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.75611/lat 27.728056)">Dambung</a> from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.75611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.728056" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.75611/lat 27.728056)">Lachung</a>, N 27°43’41”, E 88°45’22”, 2987 m, 01.08.2019, K . Prasad 86540 (holo CAL!; iso CAL!) .</p><p>Terrestrial herbs, 25–45 cm high. Tuberoids not stoloniferous, narrowly fusiform, fleshy, gradually tapering from base to tip, 1–6 cm long, 1–3 mm thick. Stem erect, cylindric, with c. 1 cm long solitary tubular sheath at base. Leaves 3–5, alternate, scattered, unequal, sessile; lower largest leaf situated below the middle of stem, broadly oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, 4.5–10.5 × 0.8–3.5 cm, sheathing at base, entire along margins, acute at apex; upper leaves 2 or 4, gradually becoming smaller, uppermost bract-like, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 1.5–8.6 × 0.5–1.5 cm, acute or acuminate at apex. Racemes 8–12 cm long; rachis laxly 15–25-flowered, ribbed; ribs dentate. Flowers small, green or greenish-yellow, not fully opening. Pedicels with ovary narrowly cylindric-fusiform, 8–14 mm long, beaked and curved at tip, ribbed, ribs dentate. Floral bracts ovate-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 8–20 × 2–5 mm, dentate along margins, acuminate at apex, 3-veined, lateral veins branched, lower ones longer than flowers, upper ones longer or as long as flowers. Sepals subequal, margins sub-equal, to minutely dentate, 3-veined, lateral veins branched or not; dorsal sepal oblong or ovate-oblong, 3.7–4.2 × 1.8–2.2 mm, apex obtuse, forming a hood with petals; lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lanceolate or oblong-elliptic, 3.8–4.4 × 1.2–1.6 mm, spreading, falcate, apex acute or obtuse. Petals obliquely ovate or ovate-elliptic to oblong, 3.2–3.7 × 1.1–1.8 mm, apex acute, with branched vein. Lip slightly longer than sepals, distinctly arching, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 3.9–4.6 × 1–1.1 mm, base shortly clawed, minutely saccate, margins sub-entire, curved in the middle, apex obtuse; spur shorter than the ovary, slender, cylindrical, 4–5 mm long, slightly curved near the base, directed downwards. Column short, c. 1.3 mm high; rostellum erect, prominent; rostellar arms concave; anther thecae slightly divergent towards base, connective rather narrow; pollinia obovoid, caudicle short; viscidium sub-orbicular when spread out, margins more or less involute like a semi-circular tube; staminodes sub-globose; stigma with 2 lateral lobes and a small median lobe; lateral stigmatic lobes spreading on each side of base of lip, broadly oblong or sub-orbicular. Capsules obovoid.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: July to September Habitat: It grows in open alpine pasture within grassy slopes at 2800–3300 m elevation.</p><p>Etymology: The specific epithet is chosen after the type locality, Dambung in North Sikkim.</p><p>Distribution: Hitherto known only from the type locality, Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary and Dambung (Lachung), North Sikkim, India .</p><p>Specimenexamined (paratype): INDIA, Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachung, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.73917&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.729723" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.73917/lat 27.729723)">Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary</a>, N 27°43’47”, E 88°44’21”, 3211 m, 21.08.2018, K . Prasad 86525 (CAL) .</p><p>Conservation status: Platanthera dambungensis is known only from the type locality (North Sikkim, Lachung) which in 2018 and 2019 had about 150 individuals in two adjacent locations. All the individuals were observed in an area around 2 km 2. North Sikkim area is highly species-rich and threatened by human activity. The type locality is similarly exposed to grazing and other anthropogenic activities. Further rigorous survey should be carried out in this region to determine the actual population status of the new species; hence it is assessed here as ‘ Data Deficient’ (DD) (IUCN, 2022) .</p><p>Notes: Platanthera dambungensis is close to P. yadongensis in having a similar habit, two long and outstretching stigmatic lobes, and naked and involute viscidium. However, it is easy to distinguish the new species from the latter by the characters discussed in the diagnosis.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFFF5A0BFF1798E3B65CAE08	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFFC5A06FF2E9956B67FAFCA.text	C76D87BAFFFC5A06FF2E9956B67FAFCA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera lachungensis K. Prasad. Most 2023	<div><p>Platanthera lachungensis K.Prasad, sp. nov. Figs. 3 &amp; 4</p><p>Platanthera lachungensis is very similar to P.calceoliformis with its non-resupinate flowers but differs by its non-stoloniferous tuberoids (vs. stoloniferous), yellowish-green or green flowers (vs. deep yellow with dull orange tip), narrowly lanceolate or oblong or oblong-lanceolate sepals, more than 3 mm long (vs. ovate, less than 2 mm long), oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, not concave lips (vs. broadly ovate when flattened, deeply concave), more than 5 mm long spur with closed mouth and rounded appendage (vs. 0.5 mm long, without appendage).</p><p>Type: INDIA, Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachung, way to <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.77251&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.68361" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.77251/lat 27.68361)">Katao</a> from <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.77251&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.68361" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.77251/lat 27.68361)">Lachung</a>, N 27°41’01”, E 88°46’21”, 3275 m, 02.08.2019, K . Prasad 86542 (holo CAL!; iso CAL!) .</p><p>Terrestrial erect herbs, 10–15 cm high. Tubers narrowly fusiform or cylindric-fusiform, 1.5–4 × 0.8–1.2 cm. Stems stout or slender, terete; basal sheaths 2, convolute, oblong-ovate, 1–2 × 0.6– 0.8 cm, acute at apex. Leaves 2 or 3; lower leaf larger than the others, sub-basal, sessile, oblong, 4.5–6 × 1.2–1.5 cm, sheathing at base, entire or sub-entire along margins, acute at apex; upper leaves 1 or 2, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 2–3 × 0.4–0.6 mm, sheathing at base, entire along margins, acute at apex. Inflorescence 8–10 cm long, slender; rachis laxly 5–8-flowered. Pedicel with ovary cylindric, ribbed and beaked, 4–10 mm long, pedicel size increase towards the tip flower. Floral bracts variable (gradually decreasing in size upwards), longer or shorter than flower, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, 3-veined; lower large floral bracts as long as flowers, 1.2–1.5 × 0.2–0.3 cm; upper small floral bracts shorter than flowers, c. 5 × 2 mm. Flowers non-resupinate, yellowish-green or green, fragrant. Sepals sub-equal, fleshy, margins non-ciliate, apex sub-acute or obtuse, 1-veined; dorsal sepal hooded, narrowly lanceolate or oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 3–7 × 1–1.8 mm; lateral sepals obliquely oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 4–7.5 × 1–1.2 mm, longer than the dorsal sepal and petals, spreading, falcate, base with or without one side small triangular appendage. Petals broadly triangular-ovate, 4–6 × 1.2–2 mm, fleshy, margins entire, apex acute, 3-veined. Lip oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, 4–6 × 0.8–1.4 mm, fleshy, curved near the base, apex obtuse, not dilated basally; spur shorter than or as long as the ovary, stout, incurved, cylindric, 6–10 mm long; mouth of spur closed with rounded appendage. Column erect, 1.6–2 mm long; rostellum small, triangular, obtuse; anther locules situated close to each other, parallel or slightly divergent basally; pollinarium obovoid or pyriform, 0.8–1.1 mm long; caudicle short, c. 0.2 mm long; viscidium flat, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, c. 0.3 mm long; staminodes sub-orbicular; stigma globose, with protruding lateral lobes, median lobe inconspicuous. Capsules ovoid.</p><p>Flowering &amp; fruiting: July to September.</p><p>Habitat: It grows on open slopes of moss-covered sub-alpine and alpine areas, at an elevation of more than 3000 m.</p><p>Etymology: The species is named after the type locality, Lachung in North Sikkim.</p><p>Distribution: Hitherto known only from the type locality.</p><p>Conservation status: Platanthera lachungensis has about 50 individuals in the type locality area. All the individuals were observed in an area around 1 km 2. The type locality is a restricted area under the jurisdiction of the Indian army. Further explorations in the adjacent areas are necessary to ascertain its status, hence it is assessed here as ‘Data Deficient’ (DD) (IUCN, 2022) .</p><p>Notes: Generally, species in this genus have resupinate flowers but present new species ( P. lachungensis), P. nivea (Nutt.) Luer (America), P. calceoliformis and P. superantha (Asia) have non-resupinate flowers. The new species is closely allied to P. calceoliformis but it is easily distinguishable from the latter by the characters which are discussed in diagnosis. The new species also shows congruence with P. pachycaulon but differs by having 10–15 cm tall plants (vs. 12–45 cm tall), lower larger leaf sub-basal, oblong (vs. usually situated below the middle of the stem or rarely near the middle, ovate to narrowly lanceolate), non-resupinate flowers (vs. resupinate), margins of sepals entire (vs. papillose), mouth of spur with rounded appendage which is closed at the entrance (vs. without any appendage and stigma lobes closed at the entrance).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFFC5A06FF2E9956B67FAFCA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF15A06FF179914B781AF56.text	C76D87BAFFF15A06FF179914B781AF56.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook. f.) Soó, Ann. Hist. - Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.	<div><p>Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 360. 1929. Habenaria leptocaulon Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 154. 1890. Platanthera leptocaulon (Hook.f.) Tang &amp; F.T. Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1(1): 58. 1951, comb. superf. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA, Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachen Valley, August 1849, Hooker 315 (K [K000247392 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Kurung Kumey district, Vadse hills, 3800 m, 05.08.2010, S . S . Dash &amp; A . A . Mao 23299 (ARUN); West Kameng district, Baisakhi, near Seha, 31.08.1984, Naithani 1147 (RENZ digital image, DD). Nagaland, Dzukou valley, 2450 m, A . A . Mao &amp; R . Gogoi 115018, 112593 (ASSAM). Sikkim, North Sikkim district, Lachong Valley, 11000 ft., August 1895, Pantling 422 (E, K, P digital images, CAL, DD); Lachung, Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, 3443 m, 01.08.2019, K . Prasad 86539 (CAL, BSID); Ibid., 3688 m, 06.08.2014, D. K . Agrawala 38887 (BSHC); Lachung Valley, 9000 ft., 30.07.1892, Gammie 343 (CAL); North Sikkim, s.loc., s.d., R . C . Srivastava s.n. (BSHC); Shivamandir, 3900 m, 25.07.2011, Mohan Gangopadhayay 36118 (BSHC); Sikkim Himalaya, s.loc., s.d., Gammie s.n. (CAL); s.loc., s.d., Hooker 315 (K digital image); Pakyong district, below Zuluk, 2700 m, 28.07.1985, D. C . S . Raju 3987 (BSHC). Uttarakhand, Chamoli district, Bedini Meadows, 29.07.2009, Jalal 15018 (WII); Chamoli, 01.08.2009, Jalal 15049 (WII); Rudraprayag district, Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Tunganat, 19.07.2008, I . D. Rai s.n. (WII). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah Range, 10000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 422 (K, LE, P digital images, CAL) .</p><p>Notes: This species is closely related to P. bakeriana and is characterised by thin stems, narrow leaves, few-flowered secund racemes and narrow sepals and petals. Recently, this species was reported from Uttarakhand (western Himalaya) by Jalal et al. (2010).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF15A06FF179914B781AF56	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF15A07FC9E9878B0E6A939.text	C76D87BAFFF15A07FC9E9878B0E6A939.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera nematocaulon (Hook. f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp.	<div><p>Platanthera nematocaulon (Hook.f.) Kraenzl., Orchid.Gen.Sp. 1:942.1901. Habenarianematocaulon Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6(17): 154. 1890. Peristylus nematocaulon (Hook.f.) Banerji &amp; Prabha Pradhan, Orchids Nepal Himalaya 106. 1984. Peristylus nematocaulon (Hook.f.) J.J.Wood, Kew Bull. 41(4): 811. 1986, comb. superfl. Lectotype (designated by Efimov &amp; Jin, 2014): INDIA, Sikkim, s.loc., s.d., Hooker 14 (K [K000387513 digital image!]; isolecto K [K000387512 digital image!]).</p><p>Habenaria juncea King &amp; Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 132. 1896. Platanthera juncea (King &amp; Pantl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 942. 1901. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA, Sikkim, Lachen Valley, 11000 ft., August 1895, Pantling 406 (L [L0061416 digital image!]; isolecto L (L0061414 digital image!), AME [AMES00099902 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Sikkim, Bangerong, 10000 ft., September 1894, Pantling 341 (CAL); East Sikkim district, Tsomgo, 3933 m, 06.08.2006, A.N. Rao 28518 (BSHC); Yakla, 15.10.1869, Clarke 10029 (K digital image); North Sikkim district, Lachen Valley, July 1897, Pantling 406 (BM, LE, K, P digital images); Lachung to Katao, 3276 m, 02.08.2019, K. Prasad 86543 (CAL, BSID); Ling too, 25.08.1878, Demgloo s.n. (CAL); Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, 3350 m, 07.08.2014, D.K. Agrawala 38896 (BSHC); s.loc., s.d., Hooker 271 (K digital image); s.loc., August 1877, King 4446 (CAL); s.loc., August 1886, Elwes s.n. (CAL); Pakyong district, Gnatong, August 1894, Pantling 406 (BM, K, P digital images). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Phalut, 03.08.1972, Kanai et al. 726199 (TI digital image); Phalut-Ratho Chu-Ramam, 04.08.1972, Kanai et al. 726200 (TI digital image); Sandakphu- Sabargam-Phalut, 02.08.1972, Kanai et al. s.n. (TI digital image); Singalelah Range, 10000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 341 (CAL); Ibid., 10000 ft., August 1896, Pantling 341 (CAL); Ibid., 10000 ft., August 1896, Pantling 406 (BM, K, P, M digital images); Singalelah (Singalila), Phalut-Sabargan-Sandakphu, 19.07.1969, Hara et al. 726215 (TI digital image).</p><p>Notes: Habenaria nematocaulon was originally described by Hooker (1890) and placed in section Hologlossa Hook.f. Later King and Pantling (1896) described yet another species, H.juncea from Sikkim, which is closely allied to the previous one. The protologues and type specimens of H. juncea and H. nematocaulon are virtually matching. Kraenzlin (1901), in his revision, shifted both P. juncea and P. nematocaulon to Platanthera . Following the view of Seidenfaden (1977), Wood (1986) shifted P. nematocaulon to Peristylus and synonymised P. juncea under it. The recent molecular study (Jin et al., 2014) has revealed that P. nematocaulon is nested within the Platanthera clade.</p><p>Further study revealed that there was also a need to typify Habenaria juncea . Wood (1986) considered the specimen at K as the holotype, but this is incorrect as this specimen is not a part of the original collection and was collected after the species described. Pearce and Cribb (2002) reported a specimen at CAL as the holotype but this specimen is not available. King and Pantling (1896) described H. juncea based on plants collected by Robert Pantling (no. 406) in August 1895 at 11000 feet from Lachen Valley (Sikkim Himalaya). Three relevant specimens are presently available at AMES and L. There are 14 more specimens preserved at E, GH, K, LE, M, P and W with the same collection number (406), collected by Pantling from Sikkim Himalaya but they are devoid of the above collection information (as in the protologue). None of these specimens were specifically designated as type by King and Pantling (1896). Therefore, here the author designates the L specimen (L0061416) as lectotype as it fits best the description provided in the protologue.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF15A07FC9E9878B0E6A939	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF05A00FC959E26B005A932.text	C76D87BAFFF05A00FC959E26B005A932.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera pachycaulon (Hook. f.) Soó, Ann. Hist. - Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung.	<div><p>Platanthera pachycaulon (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 364. 1929. Habenaria pachycaulon Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 154. 1890. Lectotype (designated by Efimov &amp; Jin, 2014): INDIA, Sikkim, Nattong, 12.07.1877, King’s collectors 4345 (K [K000247394 digital image!]; isolecto CAL [CAL0000000796!]).</p><p>Platanthera exelliana Soó, Ann.Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 359. 1929. Habenaria oligantha Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 154. 1890, non Turczaninow, 1854. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA, Sikkim, s.d., Hooker 311 (K [K000247391 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit district, Jachup, 29.08.1987, K . Haridasan 3730 (OHT); West Kameng district, Poshing La, 21.07.1938, Kingdon-Ward 13960 (BM digital image); Tawang district, Tawang, 29.07.2002, Bowes 15078 (E digital image). Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Pangi, herb. Watt s.n. (E digital image). Sikkim, s.loc., s.d., Hooker s.n. (LE digital image); s.loc., s.d., Gammie s.n. (K, P digital images); Patang La, 17.07.1877, King’s collector 4398 (K digital image); Toksup, July 1887, King’s collector s.n. (CAL); East Sikkim district, Changu, 13000 ft., 14.07.1956, Chatterjee’s collector 252 (CAL); below Changu, 3750 m, 07.08.1997, A . Maity &amp; S . K . Rai 18823 (BSHC); near Changu, 12.06.1972, Tibetian Medicine Collector s.n. (K digital image); Daphuk, on Kiuchin, 15000 ft., July 1888, King’s collector s.n. (CAL); Jankra Inf., 05.08.1892, Gammie 625 (BM, K digital images, CAL); Gnatung, 11000 ft., July 1894, Pantling 328 (CAL); Jelep La, 08.07.1877, King’s collector 4202 (K digital image, CAL); Kupup East side meadow, 4000 m, 19.09.1998, G . P . Sinha &amp; B . K . Shukla 20509 (BSHC); Kyangnosla Alpine Sanctuary, 3500 m, 25.06.2000, S . S . Dash 22773 (BSHC); Ibid., 3500 m, 28.06.2000, S . S . Dash 20974 (BSHC); Nathula, 03.08.1877, King’s collector 4573 (K digital image, CAL); North Sikkim district, Bijan, 1889, King’s collector s.n. (CAL); Lachen, September 1849, Hooker &amp; Thomson s.n. (K digital image); Lachoong valley, July 1895, Pantling 327 (BM digital image); Lachung, way to Shivmandir, 3861 m, 31.07.2019, K . Prasad 86534 (CAL, BSID); Ibid., 3868 m, 31.07.2019, K . Prasad 86536 (CAL, BSID); Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, 3300 m, 06.08.2014, D. K . Agrawala 38894 (BSHC); Ibid., 3900 m, R . C . Srivastava s.n. (BSHC); Shingba- Yumthang, 3688 m, 06.08.2014, D. K . Agrawala 38888 (BSHC); Thangu, 3967 m, 31.07.2014, D. K . Agrawala 38850 (BSHC); Yumtang, 24.07.1937, Lowndes 624 (E digital image); Pakyong district: Natang, 02.09.1882, King’s collector s.n. (CAL, BM digital image); Thanangi, 12000ft., September 1888, King’s collector s.n. (CAL); West Sikkim district, Bikbari, Choktsering Chhu valley, 12.07.1992, Long et al. 303 (E digital image); Dzongri, SE slope of Lapsa, 02.07.1983, Alpine Garden Society’s Expedition 278 (K digital image); Ibid., 18.08.2017, S . Lahiri 73117 (CAL); between Dzongri and Black Kabru, 18.07.1992, Long 452 (E digital image); Jongri, 14000 ft., August 1896, Pantling 328 (BM, K, P digital images, CAL); Ibid., 12.08.1913, Rohmoo Lepcha 956 (E digital image); Kalijhal, Chewabhanyang, 3100 m, 19.06.2003, S . K . Rai &amp; S . Pradhan 25042 (BSHC); Toksup, near Jongri, July 1887, Pantling s.n. (CAL); Yampung, 21.07. 1913, Rohmoo Lepcha 843 (E digital image). Uttarakhand, Rudraprayag district, Mandani (dagla), 3645 m, 08.08.2014, I . D. Rai 11457 (WII). West Bengal, Phullooh, 20.07.1884, King s.n. (K digital image, CAL) .</p><p>Notes: This species was first described by Hooker (1890) under the genus Habenaria as H. oligantha (section Hologlossa), a later homonym of H. oligantha Turczaninow, 1854 . Later, Soó (1929) shifted it to Platanthera and chose a different epithet, namely, P. exelliana . The type specimens of P. exelliana (= H. oligantha) and P. pachycaulon (= H. pachycaulon) are similar but distinguishable based on the number of sterile bracts and the shape of floral bracts (Hooker, 1890). Since these features are not taxonomically significant, Efimov (2013, 2016) considered them as conspecific. This species was recently reported from Uttarakhand (western Himalaya) by Rai et al. (2014) and earlier it was only known from the eastern Himalayas. In the protologue, Hooker (1890) described the flowers as purple, but in the present study, it was found that they were green or greenish-yellow, which is the same as reported by earlier authors (Bose &amp; Bhattacharjee, 1980; Chowdhery, 1998; Pearce &amp; Cribb, 2002; Lucksom, 2007; Efimov, 2016). The purple colour may be an error due to changes caused by withering.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF05A00FC959E26B005A932	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF75A00FC9E9E1BB08DAFED.text	C76D87BAFFF75A00FC9E9E1BB08DAFED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera roseotincta (W. W. Sm.) Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera roseotincta (W.W.Sm.) Tang &amp; F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 30. 1940. Habenaria roseotincta W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 210. 1921. Lectotype (designated by Inoue, 1983): CHINA, Yunnan, Mekong-Salween divide, Doker-la, August 1917, Forrest 14743 (E [E00381994 digital image!]; isolecto E [E00381995 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, China and Myanmar.</p><p>Specimen examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, West Siang district, Domjee La, c. 13 km North Mechuka, alpine meadow, 3800-3950 m, 24.08.2014, Bharali &amp; Liden, BL2014-3, 5 (CAL) .</p><p>Notes: It was recently reported by Bharali et al. (2018) from West Siang (Arunachal Pradesh) and it was earlier known only from China (Tibet) and Myanmar. This small plant with solitary leaves and few-flowered racemes is distributed in the alpine meadow of Arunachal Pradesh.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF75A00FC9E9E1BB08DAFED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF75A01FC9E98F2B56FA98C.text	C76D87BAFFF75A01FC9E98F2B56FA98C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera superantha (J. J. Wood) X. H. Jin, Schuit., Raskoti & Lu Q. Huang	<div><p>Platanthera superantha (J.J.Wood) X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti &amp; Lu Q.Huang, Cladistics 32: 210. 2015. Peristylus superanthus J.J.Wood, Kew Bull. 41: 811. 1986. Type: NEPAL, Sankhuwasabha district, Sundanda, 20.08.1981, Grey-Wilson et al. 4104 (holo K [K000387519 digital image!]).</p><p>Habenaria nematocaulon sensu King &amp; Pantl., Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8: 316, t. 416. 1898, non (Hook.f.) Banerji &amp; P. Pradhan, 1984.</p><p>Distribution: India, China and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Sikkim, Gangtok, 09.08.1877, King 4446 (K digital image). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah Range, 3000 m, July 1896, Pantling 341 B (K digital image) .</p><p>Notes: Seidenfaden (1977) established four sections under Peristylus based on lip characters, of which the fourth section, has a simple lip. Wood (1986) described P. superanthus with a simple lip and placed it under. Recent molecular studies (Jin et al., 2015) revealed that this species falls under the Platanthera clade, and made the combination, Platanthera superantha . This species differs from P. nematocaulon in having a densely flowered raceme and non-resupinate flowers. Recently, Bharali and Liden (2018) reported it from Domjee La, West Siang (Arunachal Pradesh) with images but no specimens are collected.</p><p>Subgen. Platanthera Sect. Diphylax (Hook.f.) Efimov, Phytotaxa 254(1): 29. 2016. Diphylax Hook.f., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1865. 1889. Type: Diphylax urceolata (Clarke) Hook.f. (= Habenaria urceolata Clarke)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF75A01FC9E98F2B56FA98C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9ED2B5CCAD6C.text	C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9ED2B5CCAD6C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera contigua Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera contigua Tang &amp; F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 28. 1940. Diphylax contigua (Tang &amp; F.T.Wang) Tang, F.T.Wang &amp; K.Y.Lang, Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 2: 2526. 1994. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): CHINA, Yunnan, Salween / Kiukiang divide, Lunguailaka, 3200 m, 16.09.1938, T.T. Yu 20328 (PE [PE00338168 digital image!]; isolecto PE [PE00338169, PE00338170 digital images!]).</p><p>Distribution: India and China.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, West Siang district, 13 km N Mechuka, Domjee La, Alpine Meadow, 3800-3900 m, 24.08.2014, Bharali &amp; Liden 2014-4 (CAL); Upper Dibang district, NE Anini, 3650 m, 08.09.2017, Adhikari &amp; Liden 136 (CAL) .</p><p>Notes: The species was recently reported from two localities in Arunachal Pradesh, Domjeela North of Mechuka (Upper W. Siang) and Anini (Upper Dibang) by Liden and Bharali (2019). It closely resembles P. urceolata but differs in having an erect stem, greenish-white flowers and auricles shorter than the anther. It also shares similarities with P. roseotincta but differs by having greenish-white and bell-shaped flowers.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9ED2B5CCAD6C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9A72B0CDAADC.text	C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9A72B0CDAADC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera uniformis Tang & F. T. Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera uniformis Tang &amp; F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. Bot. 10: 31. 1940. Diphylax uniformis (Tang &amp; F.T.Wang) Tang, F.T.Wang &amp; K.Y.Lang, Bot. Res. Acad. Sinica 4: 11. 1989. Type: CHINA, Guizhou, Fan Ching Shan, 03.09.1931, Steward, Chiao &amp; Cheo 331 (holo PE).</p><p>Distribution: India and China.</p><p>Specimen examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh,</p><p>Upper Dibang district, N . E ., Anini, 3200 m, 08.09.2017, Adhikari &amp; Liden 137 (CAL) .</p><p>Notes: Liden and Bharali (2019) reported this species from Upper Dibang (Anini) and Lower Dibang (Mayudia pass) of Arunachal Pradesh. It is similar to P. urceolata but differs in floral bracts shorter than ovary, flowers 7–8 mm long and staminodes shorter than the anthers.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF65A01FF2E9A72B0CDAADC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF65A02FC959E01B66EA816.text	C76D87BAFFF65A02FC959E01B66EA816.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera urceolata (C. B. Clarke) R. M. Bateman, Ann. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera urceolata (C.B.Clarke) R.M.Bateman, Ann. Bot. 104(3): 439. 2009. Habenaria urceolata C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 73, t. 30. 1889. Diphylax urceolata (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f., Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1865. 1889. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA, Nagaland, Naga Hills, Jakpho, 9000 ft., 25.10.1885, Clarke 41272c (K [K000247409 digital image!]; isolecto CAL [CAL0000000732!], K [K00041272b digital image!])</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Valley of Senighku, 01.10.1926, Kingdon-Ward 7524 (K digital image); Anjaw District, Delei River, 18.09.1928, Kingdon-Ward 8650 (K digital image); Ibid., 19.09.1928, Kingdon-Ward 8544 (K digital image). Assam, s.loc., August 1994, s.coll. 23487 (ASSAM). Nagaland, Dimapur District, Chakabama, s.d., Hynniewta 74576 (ASSAM); Kohima District, Japfu hills, s.d., Hynniewta 74587 (ASSAM); Kohima, s.d., Hynniewta 79974, 79975 (ASSAM); Noklak district, Naga Hills, Japoo, 28.09.1935, Bor 6412 (K digital image). Sikkim, s.loc., 3300 m, 16.09.2000, D. Maity 23247 (BSHC); East Sikkim district, Yakla, 12000 ft., 15.10.1869, Clarke 10244 (CAL); North Sikkim district, Zemu Chu, 05.10.1947, Cave 92 (K digital image); West Sikkim district, Megu, 1913, Ribu &amp; Rohmoo 6442 (E digital image). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Richi-La, September 1894, Pantling 347 (BM digital image).</p><p>Notes: Clarke (1889) originally described this plant as Habenaria urceolata and he felt that this plant strongly differed from other known Habenaria species. Hooker (1889), who happened to study Clarke’s collections observed two linear processes pointing obliquely forward in the mouth of the corolla, a character which differs from Habenaria, and placed it under a new genus Diphylax as D. urceolata (C.B.Clarke) Hook.f. Later, Hooker (1890) reverted the name to Habenaria urceolata under the aberrant section Diphylax . Presently Diphylax has been synonymised under Platanthera ( P. urceolata (C.B.Clarke) R.M.Bateman), based on molecular data (Bateman et al., 2009).</p><p>A related specimen was collected from Sikkim (Rohmoo Lepcha 1161 [E00008069]). According to the annotation on the herbarium sheet by Renz, 1995, the intention was to describe a new species, Diphylax sikkimensis . Unfortunately, this specimen is in poor condition. Both Renz (1995) and Pearce and Cribb (2002) examined its morphology and reported large ‘staminodes’ as an indication of its relationship to Diphylax (drawing in Pearce &amp; Cribb, 2002). Further fresh collections are needed to establish this as a novel species.</p><p>Subgen. Platanthera section unclear</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF65A02FC959E01B66EA816	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF55A02FF179F39B66AAEF1.text	C76D87BAFFF55A02FF179F39B66AAEF1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera bhutanica K. Inoue, J. Jap. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera bhutanica K.Inoue, J. Jap. Bot. 61: 193. 1986. Type: BHUTAN, Thimphu district, Parshary Jiurpe, 13000 ft., 27.07.1914, Cooper &amp; Bulley 2596 (holo E [E00008108 digital image!]; iso BM [BM000033675 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan and China.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Sikkim, s.loc.,s.d., Hooker 312 (K digital image); Gangtok district, Gangtok, way to Hanuman Mandir, 2089 m, 04.08.2019, K. Prasad 86547 (CAL, BSID); Tankra mountain, 05.08.1892, Gammie 625 (BM digital image); North Sikkim district, Lachoong [‘Lachung’], 20.08.1849, Hooker 316 (K digital image) .</p><p>Notes: Platanthera bhutanica has been collected from Sikkim twice, once by Hooker, 1849 and once by Gammie, 1892. Recently, it has been reported from Arunachal Pradesh (Bahrali et al., 2018) but no supporting specimens are available.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF55A02FF179F39B66AAEF1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF55A02FF1799D1B0A3A979.text	C76D87BAFFF55A02FF1799D1B0A3A979.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera calceoliformis (W. W. Sm.) X. H. Jin, Schuit. & W. T. Jin, Molec. Phylogen. Evol.	<div><p>Platanthera calceoliformis (W.W.Sm.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. &amp; W.T.Jin, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 77: 51. 2014. Herminium calceoliforme W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 211. 1921. Smithorchis calceoliformis (W.W.Sm.) Tang &amp; F.T.Wang, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., Bot. 7: 140. 1936. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): CHINA, Yunnan, Mekong-Yangtze divide, Kari Pass, 10000 ft., August 1914, Forrest 13110 (E [E00381991 digital image]; isolecto E [E00381992 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India and China.</p><p>Notes: This species is known from India by only a single collection from Bungerong (Sikkim) by Pantling (Pantling 341, P). Pantling gave the field number 341 to many specimens collected in different seasons and are deposited in different herbaria. The herbarium specimen deposited at P is clearly Platanthera calceoliformis (Efimov, 2016) . Molecular phylogenetics has shown that the monotypic genus Smithorchis ( S. calceoliformis) is nested in the Platanthera clade, making it paraphyletic (Jin et al., 2014). However, Jin et al. (2017) included Smithorchis in Platanthera in order to make Platanthera monophyletic.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF55A02FF1799D1B0A3A979	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF55A03FC9E9E66B6FAAA48.text	C76D87BAFFF55A03FC9E9E66B6FAAA48.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera concinna (Hook. f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp.	<div><p>Platanthera concinna (Hook.f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 621. 1899. Habenaria concinna Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 155. 1890. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2016): INDIA, Meghalaya, Khasia hills, Kala Pane, Hooker &amp; Thomson 283 (K).</p><p>Platanthera dyeriana (King &amp; Pantl.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 636. 1899. Habenaria dyeriana King &amp; Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 133. 1896. Platanthera dyeriana (King &amp; Pantl.) Pradhan, Indian Orchids 2: 682. 1979, comb. superfl. Lectotype (designated by Singh et al., 2014): INDIA, Sikkim, Lachen valley, 11-12000 ft., August 1895, Pantling 407 (CAL [CAL0000000744!]; isolecto CAL [CAL0000000741, CAL0000000742!, CAL0000000743!, CAL0000000745!, CAL0000000746!, CAL0000000747!, CAL0000000758! CAL0000000741!], AMES, K, L, LE, W[W1898-0005742, W1898-0005743 digital images].</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan and China.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, East Khasi Hills district, Laitlynkot, 09.07.1949, T . R . Chand 1768 (K digital image); Khasi hills, Kala Pane, 27.06.1850, Hooker 1281 (K digital image); near Mawsynram, 23.07.2010, Singh &amp; Kumar 104025 (CAL) . Sikkim, East Sikkim district, below Tankra La, 12000 ft., July 1897, Pantling 407 (BM, E, K, P digital images, CAL); North Sikkim district, Lachen, 3000 m, 15.07.2000, D. Maity 23104 (BSHC); Lachung to Katao, 3276 m, 02.08.2019, K . Prasad 86544 (CAL, BSID) .</p><p>Notes: This distinct species was described by Hooker (1890) and placed in section Hologlossa (as Habenaria concinna), but Kraenzlin (1899) transferred it under the genus Platanthera ( P. concinna). It is a poorly known species and is closely related to P. dyeriana (Jin &amp; Efimov, 2012; Singh et al., 2014), but can be distinguished by its more robust habit, many bract-like leaves and densely flowered racemes, but there is really no qualitative difference between these two species. Platanthera concinna has been reported from Assam by Efimov (2016) and Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal by Singh et al. (2019), but no herbarium specimens were found from these states.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF55A03FC9E9E66B6FAAA48	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF45A03FF2E9D96B01DAF32.text	C76D87BAFFF45A03FF2E9D96B01DAF32.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera dulongensis X. H. Jin & Efimov, Nordic J. Bot.	<div><p>Platanthera dulongensis X.H.Jin &amp; Efimov, Nordic J. Bot. 30(3): 294. 2012. Type: CHINA, Yunnan, Gongshan County, Dulong river, 2800 m, 18.08.2006, X.H. Jin 8386 (holo PE [PE2280338 digital image!]).</p><p>Platanthera fugongensis Ormerod, Taiwania 58(1): 29. 2013. Type: CHINA, Yunnan Province, Fugong Xian, Lishadi Xian, Yaduo Cun, above Shidali along the North side of South fork of Yam He, East side of Gaoligong Shan, 2620 m, 15.08.2005, Gaoligong Shan Biodiversity Survey Team 28318 (holo CAS).</p><p>Distribution: India, China and Nepal.</p><p>Specimen examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Anjaw District, Delei River, 28.08.1925, Kingdon-Ward 8584 (K digital image) .</p><p>Notes: To date, there is no specimen available in Indian herbaria of this species. The single specimen available at K was collected by Kingdon-Ward in 1925 from Arunachal Pradesh. Recently, Swami (2019) reported it from Singalila National Park (West Bengal) with good images but no specimens are collected .</p><p>Platanthera orbicularis (Hook.f.) X.H.Jin, Schuit. &amp; Raskoti, PhytoKeys 79: 72. 2017. Herminium orbiculare Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 130. 1890, Icon. Pl. 22: t. 2199b. 1894. Monorchis orbicularis (Hook.f.) O.Schwarz, Mitt. Thuring. Bot. Ges. 1: 95. 1949. Peristylus orbicularis (Hook.f.) Agrawala, H.J.Chowdhery &amp; S.Choudhury, Kew Bull. 65: 106. 2010. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA or CHINA, Sikkim Himalaya, Chumbi valley, Rungboo (Kungboo), 08.07.1884, King’s collector 164 (K [K000079022 digital image!]; isolecto CAL [CAL0000001003!, CAL0000001004!]).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Sikkim, Dikehu valley, 11-12000 ft., 23.07.1910, Smith 3757 (CAL); Sikkim Himalaya, 10000 ft., September 1894, Pantling 348 (CAL). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalila Range, 12000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 374 (CAL).</p><p>Notes: Hooker (1890) described this species under Herminium as H. orbiculare based on a specimen collected by King, 1884. Later, it was transferred to Peristylus by Agrawala et al. (2010) based on the presence of a short spur and column structure. Recent molecular systematics (Jin et al., 2017) concluded that it should be placed under the genus Platanthera, as P. orbicularis .</p><p>Three specimens were collected from Chumbi valley, Rungboo which were labelled as “Type Material”, one at Kew (K000079022), and two at CAL (CAL0000001003, CAL0000001004) and all these specimens can be considered as syntypes . Pearce and Cribb (2002) and Agrawala et al. (2010) mentioned the Rungboo material as holotype but it is only the right of the original author to designate any specimen as holotype and this was not done by Hooker. Since it was done after 2001, and they did not use ‘designated here’, it is not valid, and lectotypification is necessary here. One of these specimens, K000079022, with the annotations and drawings of dissected parts by Hooker is designated here as the lectotype .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF45A03FF2E9D96B01DAF32	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFF45A1DFC95981BB145AA9A.text	C76D87BAFFF45A1DFC95981BB145AA9A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera sikkimensis (Hook. f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp.	<div><p>Platanthera sikkimensis (Hook.f.) Kraenzl., Orchid. Gen. Sp. 1: 621. 1899. Habenaria sikkimensis Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 155. 1890. Type: INDIA, Sikkim, Sikkim Himalaya, Sinchal, 8000–9000 ft., s.d., Thomsom s.n. (K).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Anjaw district, Delei River, 27.07.1928, Kingdon-Ward 8497 (K digital image). Sikkim, Celepla, 08.07.1878, King 4203 (CAL) ; Lambteng, 9000 ft., July 1897, Pantling 421 (CAL) ; Ling too, 25.08.1878, Demgloo s.n. (E digital image, CAL) ; East Sikkim district, Powngong, 10000 ft., August 1894, Pantling 421 (BM, K digital images, CAL, DD) ; North Sikkim district, Dombeyang, 3000 m, 29.09.1997, S. S. Dash &amp; A. Maity 18589 (BSHC) ; Lachong valley, 12000 ft., August1895, Pantling 421 (CAL) ; Lachung-Yumthang, 3320 m, 16.07.2006, S. Pradhan &amp; R. Giri 32250 (BSHC) ; Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, 3451 m, 22.07.2013, C. S. Purohit 37467 (BSHC) ; West Sikkim district, Mainom-R. F., 2200 m, 21.08.1986, s.coll. 5471 (BSHC) ; South of Dzongri, 26.07.1992, Long et al. 746 (E digital image) . West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah, 12000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 421 (BM, E, P digital images, CAL) ; Tonglo, July 1884, Gamble 10434 (K digital image) .</p><p>Notes: This species was first described under Habenaria, as H. sikkimensis by Hooker (1890) based on a single specimen collected by Thomson from Sikkim Himalaya, which was not traceable and is probably lost. Further attention is needed to locate its type specimen.</p><p>Platanthera stenantha (Hook.f.) Soó, Ann. Hist.- Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 26: 363. 1929. Habenaria stenantha Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 153. 1890. Hemihabenaria stenantha (Hook.f.) Finet, Rev. Gen. Bot. 13: 532. 1902. Lectotype (designated by Efimov &amp; Jin, 2014): INDIA, Sikkim, Jongri, 15.10.1875, Clarke 25954 (K [K000247388 digital image!]). Residual syntypes: INDIA, Sikkim, Jongri, 15.10.1875, Clarke 25836a (K000247386 digital image!); Yakla, 17.10.1889, Clarke 9993 (K); INDIA, Sikkim, Lachen, 14.07.1849, Hooker s.n. (K); Lachong, 30.08.1849, Hooker 316 (K000247385 digital image!); Tongloo, 13.09.1875, Clarke 27411 (K000237387 digital image!), 27578 (K000247469 digital image!)</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Kurung Kumey district, Vadse hills, 3800 m, s.d., S.S. Dash &amp; A.A. Mao 31863 (ARUN); Lohit district, Melinja, 30.08.1986, K. Haridasan 3530 (OHT); Upper Siang district, Kanebomgo-Pao camp, 3600 m, 09.09.2009, M. Bhaumik SN2 (ARUN); West Kameng district, Baisakhi, 31.08.1984, A.N. Rao 16143, 16144 (OHT); between Shangri La &amp; Sela, 31.08.1984, A.N. Rao 16146 (OHT); near Sela, 31.08.1984, Naithani 1152 (RENZ digital image, DD); Sidaroa-Alpine Camp, 3200 m, 27.08.2011, M. Bhaumik 27022 (ARUN). Sikkim, s.loc., 1857, Thomson s.n. (E, P digital images); s.loc., 27.07.1874, herb. Treutler 433 (K digital image); s.loc., 13.08.1875, King 2214 (K digital image); Sikkim Himalaya, s.loc., s.d., King s.n. (CAL); Den, 08.10.1868, Kurz s.n. (BM digital image); Khedhen, 10.08.1877, King’s collector 4452 (K digital image, CAL); Krumggong, 8000 ft., 27.07.1910, Smith 3898 (CAL); Ling too, 25.08.1878, Demgloo s.n. (CAL); East Sikkim district, Powngong, 10000 ft., August 1894, Pantling 233 (BM, P digital images, CAL, DD); North Sikkim district, Lachen, 8500 ft., 20.07.1909, Smith &amp; Cave 2656 (CAL); Ibid., 3000 m, 28.08.1999, G.P. Sinha &amp; A. Maity 22425 (BSHC); Lachung, 9000 ft., 29.08.1892, Gammie 1038 (CAL); Lachung to Dambung, 3000m, 01.08.2019, K. Prasad 86541 (CAL, BSID); Lachung-Katao, 3180 m, 08.08.2014, D.K. Agrawala 37857 (BSHC); Lachung-River road, 3250 m, 28.07.2011, Mohan Gangopadhayay 36192 (BSHC); Mindsardara, 12000 ft., September 1888, King’s collector s.n. (CAL); West Sikkim district, above Choka, September 1983, Macpherson 25 (E digital image); Ibid., 12.09.1983, Alpine Garden Society’s Expedition 351 (K digital image); Chola Range, Dalamchan, 8000 ft., 23.09.1892, Gammie 1282 (K digital image CAL); Dzongri to Bikbari, 11.07.1990, Kirkpatrick 262 (RENZ digital image); Dzongri-Tsoka, 3000 m, 22.06.1993, S. Pradhan 15136 (BSHC); Ibid., 3000 m, 22.06.1993, S. Pradhan 15136 (BSHC). Uttarakhand, Kumaon, 20.08.1894, Duthie 3405 (DD). West Bengal, Phullooh, 20.07.1884, King s.n. (K digital image, CAL); Darjeeling district, Palmajua-Batasi, 08.08.1972, Kanai et al. 726176 (TI); Sinchal, 8000 ft., July-September 1892, Pantling 233 (CAL); Ibid., 12.08.1876, King 3031 (CAL); Ibid., 08.08.1957, s.coll. s.n. (CAL); Ibid., 8000 ft., July 1862, Anderson 1248 (CAL); Ibid., s.d., Kurz s.n. (CAL); Singalelah Range, 10000 ft., July 1896, Pantling 233 (BM, E, K, P digital images, CAL); Tongloo, 8-9000 ft., Kurz s.n. (CAL); Ibid., 8-10000 ft., 03.08.1862, Anderson 12143 (CAL); Ibid., August 1874, Gamble 3995a (K digital image); s.loc., 17.08.1962, Renz 10078 (RENZ digital image).</p><p>Notes: Rai et al. (2015) reported on the extended distribution of Platanthera cumminsiana to the western Himalaya region, but a scrutiny of the voucher specimen revealed that it is only P. stenantha .</p><p>Platanthera stenochila X.H.Jin, Schuit., Raskoti &amp; L.Q.Huang, Cladistics 32(2): 210. 2015. Herminium angustilabre King &amp; Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 65: 131. 1896, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8: 334. t. 439. 1898. Androcorys angustilabris (King &amp; Pantl.) Agrawala &amp; H.J.Chowdhery, Kew Bull. 65: 105. 2010. Platanthera angustilabris (King &amp; Pantl.) X.H.Jin, Schuit.&amp;W.T.Jin,Molec.Phylogen. Evol. 77: 51. 2014, nom. illeg., non Seidenfaden 1995. Lectotype (designated here): INDIA, Sikkim, Lingtu, July 1895, 11000 ft., Pantling 375 (CAL [CAL000000706!]; isolecto BR [BR0000006572006 digital image!], U [U1459598 digital image!]).</p><p>Distribution: India and China.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Sikkim, below Jankra La, 13000 ft., July 1897, Pantling 375 (BM, K digital images, CAL). West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalelah Range, 12000 ft., August 1896, Pantling 375 (K, L, U digital images, CAL) .</p><p>Notes: This species was first described by King and Pantling (1896) under Herminium (as H. angustilabre) and remained in this genus for a long time because it has no spur, in contrast to all other Platanthera species that have a spur. However, the morphological structure of the rootstock and column is typical of Platanthera . Molecular based studies have shown that phylogenetically, H. angustilabre is nested in the Platanthera clade, making it paraphyletic (Jin et al., 2014). Consequently, this species was shifted into Platanthera, as P. angustilabris . However, this name was a later homonym of Platanthera angustilabris Seidenfaden, 1995 and it cannot be used. Jin et al. (2015) rectified this error and chose a different epithet, P. stenochila .</p><p>Further study revealed that there was also a need to typify H. angustilabre . King and Pantling (1896) described H. angustilabre based on plants collected by Robert Pantling (no. 375) in July 1895 at 11000 feet (but gave “June” in the protologue) from Lingtu, Sikkim, India . Three specimens of H. angustilabre bearing those details are presently available in BR, CAL and U which forms the original collection of Pantling 375 (Lingtu, Sikkim, 1895) known so far, none of which was specifically designated as type by King and Pantling (1896). There are a few more specimens (labelled as ‘Type specimen’) preserved at BM, CAL, L, K and U with the same collection number (no. 375) collected by Pantling from the Singalelah Range (12000 ft., August 1896) and below Jankra La (13000 ft., July 1897), Sikkim but they do not belong to the original material as they post-date the protologue. Later Pearce and Cribb (2002) used the term ‘holo’, which is not correct according to the article of 9.9. Consequently, the author is designating the CAL specimen (CAL000000706) as lectotype of H. angustilabre as it fits best the description provided in the protologue. That specimen is also associated with two hand-written notations by Robert Pantling, one of which strongly supports its selection as lectotype. In some herbarium sheets, two leaves are seen but the protologue mentions a solitary leaf. Probably King and Pantling (1896) considered the upper second leaf as sterile bract.</p><p>Subgen. Tulotis (Raf.) Efimov, Phytotaxa 254(1): 31. 2016. Tulotis Raf., Herb. Raf. 70. 1833. Lectotype (designated by Efimov, 2007): Tulotis herbiola (R.Br.) Raf. (= Platanthera flava var. herbiola (R.Br.) Luer).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFF45A1DFC95981BB145AA9A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
C76D87BAFFEA5A1DFC969DC4B167AD2D.text	C76D87BAFFEA5A1DFC969DC4B167AD2D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Platanthera japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.	<div><p>Platanthera japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 290. 1835. Orchis japonica Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 811. 1784. Habenaria japonica (Thunb.) A.Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 410. 1859. Tulotis japonica (Thunb.) Efimov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 50. (2008) 2009. Type: JAPAN, s.loc., s.d., Thunberg s.n. (UPS).</p><p>Platanthera arcuata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 289. 1835. Habenaria arcuata (Lindl.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 155. 1890. Type: INDIA, Uttarkarhand, Mussoorie, s.d., Royle s.n. (LIV).</p><p>Distribution: India, Bhutan, China, Japan, Nepal and South Korea.</p><p>Specimens examined: INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Simla district, Dodra Kanwar, June 1968, Som Deva 3683 (DD) . Uttarakhand, Almora district, Hot spring camp, 05.07.1951, J. C. Thomas 20797 (DD) ; Dehradun district, Mussoorie Range, 1869, King s.n. (CAL) ; Mussoorie, King s.n. (CAL) ; Ibid., s.d., s.coll. s.n. (DD) ; Uttarkashi district, Kidar Kantha, 30.06.1904, Drummond 22716 (K digital image) ; Nainital district, Nainital, June 1876, David s.n. (K digital image) .</p><p>Notes: Platanthera arcuata was described by Lindley (1835) based on a solitary specimen collected by Royle from Mussoorie. However, the type and other collections of P. arcuata closely resemble the type of P. japonica . Generally, the difference between P. japonica and P. arcuata is the presence of a simple lip vs. a lobed lip respectively. In actuality the lip always has a pair of lateral lobes near its base in both species.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C76D87BAFFEA5A1DFC969DC4B167AD2D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Abstract, Prasad K.;Rich., Platanthera	Abstract, Prasad K., Rich., Platanthera (2023): The genus Platanthera (Orchidaceae) in India with two new species. Rheedea 33 (2): 31-52, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01, URL: https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.02.01
