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Platanthera bifolia (L.) Rich. (Lesser Butterfly-orchid)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Platanthera bifolia In flower 7 June 2005 South Wiltshire England 3
Platanthera bifolia Plant 10 June 1982 North Wiltshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008 Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?
Strachan, I., 2007, Lesser Butterfly Orchids, British Wildlife, Volume 18, No 6: 443 (Colour photograph) Lesser Butterfly Orchids

Platanthera bifolia may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
ORCHIDACEAE
(orchids)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Platanthera bifolia:

Photos flower flower is pollenated or fertilised by adult Sphingidae - hawk or sphinx moths (Lepidoptera) Foreign Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008

Platanthera bifolia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
ORCHIDACEAE
(orchids)

References

Bateman, R.M. & Sexton, R., 2008 Is spur length of Platanthera species in the British Isles adaptively optimized or an evolutionary red herring?

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