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Purple-Petal Bog Orchid (Platanthera purpurascens)

Description

Platanthera purpurascens is a orkid-art first described by Per Axel Rydberg , and got its current name of Charles John Sheviak and WFJenn. Platanthera purpurascens included in the genus night violets , and the family of orchids . No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Platanthera