Platanthera azorica Schltr. (1920:378)
Hochstetter's butterfly orchid
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Habenaria longebracteata Hochst. ex Seub. in Fl. Azor.: 25 (1840); Platanthera micrantha var. longebracteata (Hochst. ex Seub.) Soó in Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 104 (1928); Limnorchis longebracteata (Hochst. ex Seub.) Efimov in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 50 (2008 publ. 2009)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2011
Distribution
Faial (=Fayal) & São Jorge, Azores
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Schlechter, R. (1920). Mitteilungen über europäische und mediterrane Orchideen. III, Part VIII. Zur Auflärung zweier ungenau bekannter Orchideen von den Azorean. Feddes Repertorium 16: 375-379
Other references:
Bateman, Richard M., Rudall, Paula J., Bidartondo, M. I., Cozzolino, S., Tranchida-Lombardo, V., Carine, M. A. and Moura, M. (2014). Speciation via floral heterochrony and presumed mycorrhizal host switching of endemic Butterfly-orchids on the Azorean archipelago. American Journal of Botany 101(6): 979-1001. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300430
Bateman, Richard M., Rudall, Paula J. and Moura, Mónica (2013). Systematic revision of Platanthera in the Azorean archipelago: not one but three species, including arguably Europe's rarest orchid. PeerJ 1: e218. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.218
Efimov, P.G. (2016). A revision of Platanthera (Orchidaceae: Orchidoideae; Orchidaceae) in Asia. Phytotaxa 254: 1-233.
Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
Rankou, H. (2011). Platanthera micrantha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T175973A7159797. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T175973A7159797.en. Accessed on 28 February 2024.
Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
ScienceDaily. (10 December 2013). "Europe's rarest orchid rediscovered on 'lost world' volcano in the Azores" ScienceDaily.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platanthera_azorica