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		Platanthera hyperborea  (L.) LINDL.

Fam.:  Orchidaceae / Orchid Family

Synon.:  Platanthera borealis  (CHAM.) RCHB.F.

Genus:  Platanthera  (L.) RICH.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	LINDL.:		John Lindley (1799 - 1865), English botanist at Kew
	CHAM.:		Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), German poet and naturalist of French descent
	RCHB.F.:		Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823 - 1889), German botanist
	RICH.:		Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754 - 1821), French botanist

Etymology:
	Platanthera:		wide anther
	hyperborea:		northern
	borealis:		boreal

Fig. 1:  Platanthera hyperborea / Northern Green Orchid Iceland, Lagarfoss 28.6.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 2:  Platanthera hyperborea / Northern Green Orchid Iceland, Lagarfoss 28.6.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

Fig. 3:  Platanthera hyperborea / Northern Green Orchid Iceland, Asbyrgi 2.7.2002 (Photo: Jan & Liesbeth Essink)

   

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