Platanthera obtusata, common name blunt-leaved orchid or small northern bog orchid, is a small species of orchid in the genus Platanthera. It widespread across much of the colder regions of the Northern Hemisphere, though rare in some parts of its range.[1][3][4] Two subspecies are recognized:
- Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata - Alaska (including the Aleutians), much of Canada (all 13 provinces and territories), south along the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico; the Great Lakes States, the Adirondacks and northern New England; St. Pierre & Miquelon.[5][6]
- Platanthera obtusata subsp. oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén - Norway, Sweden, Finland,[7] Siberia and the Russian Far East
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Genus: | Platanthera |
| Species: | P. obtusata
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| Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
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It is pollinated by several species of mosquito[8][9] as well as by other insects.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Sheviak, Charles J. (2002). "Platanthera obtusata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata subsp. obtusata
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Platanthera obtusata
- ^ Anderberg, Arne; Anderberg, Anna-Lena. "Platanthera obtusata". Den virtuella floran (in Swedish). Swedish Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Platanthera obtusata". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ NRCS. "Platanthera obtusata". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
- ^ Mäkelä, Annina (December 2009). "Pikkulehdokki, Suomelle uusi kämmekkälaji: The first record of Platanthera obtusata ssp. oligantha from Finland". Lutukka. 2009 25 (4): 122–124.
- ^ J. Richard Gorham (Jan 1976). "Orchid Pollination by Aedes Mosquitoes in Alaska". The American Midland Naturalist. 95 (1): 208–210. doi:10.2307/2424249. JSTOR 2424249.
- ^ Peach, Daniel A. H.; Gries, Gerhard (2019). "Mosquito phytophagy – sources exploited, ecological function, and evolutionary transition to haematophagy". Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 168 (2): 120–136. doi:10.1111/eea.12852. ISSN 1570-7458.
- ^ "Year of Pollination: Mosquitoes as Pollinators". Awkward botany. Jul 8, 2015. Archived from the original on Jul 8, 2015.
External links
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- Minnesota Wildflowers
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- Plants of Wisconsin, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium, Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
- Ontario Wildflowers
- Dempster Country, Central Yukon Species Inventory Project (CYSIP), Platanthera obtusata Northern Bog Orchid
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