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Scientific name Platanthera bifolia
Authority (L.) Rich.
First published in De Orchid. Eur. : 35 (1817)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lysias bifolia Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 288 (1812)
Orchis alba Lam. Fl. Franç. , ed. 2, 3: 502 (1795)
Orchis bifolia L. Sp. Pl. : 939 (1753)
Orchis bifolia var. major Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 1: 43. 1809
Orchis stenanthera E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 4: 52 (1905)
Platanthera bifolia f. angustifolia Potonié Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 220 1906
Platanthera bifolia subsp. graciliflora Bisse Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 189. 1963 (1963)
Platanthera bifolia f. latiflora (Drejer) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 831 1907
Platanthera bifolia f. trifoliata (Thielens) Paucă & A.Nyár. Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 728. 1972
Platanthera montana var. lancifolia Rohlena Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 321 1904 publ. 1905
Platanthera solstitialis Boenn. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 120.
Platanthera solstitialis var. trifoliata Thielens Orch. Deutschl. 49 1894
Satyrium bifolium Wahlenb. Fl. Suec. 2: 579 (1826)
Sieberia bifolia Spreng. Anleit. Kenntn. Gew. , ed. 2, 2(1): 282 (1817)
Platanthera chlorantha var. wankelii (Rchb.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 695 1882
Platanthera solstitialis var. brachyglossa (Wallr.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 696 1882
Platanthera bifolia var. latiflora (Drejer) E.G.Camus J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 473 1892
Orchis bifolia var. virens Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 436. 1836
Orchis bifolia var. trifoliata Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 436. 1836
Orchis bifolia var. latissima Tinant Fl. Luxemb. 436. 1836
Platanthera solstitialis var. densiflora Drejer Kroeyers, Nat. Tidsskr. 4: 46. 1842
Platanthera solstitialis var. patula Drejer Kroeyers, Nat. Tidsskr. 4: 46. 1842
Platanthera solstitialis var. pervia (Peterm.) Rchb.f. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 121. 1851
Platanthera bifolia f. grandiflora Hartm. ex Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 101 1928
Platanthera bifolia f. pervia (Peterm.) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 101 1928
Platanthera bifolia var. pervia (Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 829 1907
Platanthera bifolia f. bracteata Cortesi Ann. Bot. (Rome) 2: 477 1904
Platanthera bifolia f. brachyglossa (Wallr.) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 101 1928
Orchis bifolia var. brachyglossa Wallr. Sched. Crit. 486. 1822
Platanthera bifolia var. microglossa Zapal. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 221. 1906
Platanthera bifolia f. subalpina (Brügger) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 102 1928
Platanthera solstitialis var. subalpina (Brügger) M.Schulze Orch. Deutschl. 49. 1893
Platanthera bifolia f. nudicaulis Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 211 1890
Platanthera bifolia var. simonkaiana Soó Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 34. 1927
Platanthera bifolia f. densiflora (Drejer) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 102 1928
Platanthera bifolia var. conferta Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 443. 1846
Platanthera bifolia f. major Zapal. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 220 1906
Platanthera bifolia var. obtusifolia Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 646. 1866
Platanthera bifolia var. laxa Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 443. 1846
Platanthera bifolia var. tenuiflora (G.Mey.) Thell. Fl. Schweiz ed. 2: 74 1914
Gymnadenia bifolia var. tenuiflora G.Mey. Chloris Han. 540. 1836
Platanthera bifolia f. humilior Zapal. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 2: 220 1906
Platanthera bifolia var. carducciana (Goiran) Hallier & Wohlf. Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl. ed. 3: 2443. 1905
Orchis bifolia var. trifolia Gaudin Fl. Helv. 5: 425. 1829
Platanthera bifolia var. quadrifolia Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 442. 1846
Platanthera chlorantha f. lancifolia (Rohlena) Soó Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 103 1928
Platanthera bifolia var. spathulata Vuyck ex Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240. 1949
Platanthera bifolia var. brachyphylla Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240. 1949
Platanthera bifolia f. rotundata Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240 1949
Platanthera bifolia f. apetiolata Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240 1949
Platanthera bifolia f. multifoliolata Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240 1949
Platanthera bifolia f. densispicata Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240 1949
Platanthera bifolia f. brevicalcarata Verm. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 56: 240. 1949
Conopsidium sthenantherum Wallr. Beitr. Bot. (Wallr.) 103. 1842 [31 Aug-2 Sep 1842]
Gymnadenia bifolia G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 540 (1836)
Habenaria bifolia (L.) R.Br. Hortus Kew. 5: 193 (1813)
Platanthera bifolia var. latiflora (Drejer) Kreutz Eurorchis 17: 110. 2005 [8 Oct 2005]
Platanthera solstitialis var. pervia (Peterm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. Suppl. 2: 293 1890

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Language Common/alternative name
English lesser butterfly-orchid
Spanish satirion oficinal
Spanish yerba de dos hojas
Spanish satirión trifolio
Spanish satirion trifolio
Spanish satirión oficinal
Spanish satirión officinal
Spanish satirion blanco de dos hojas
Spanish satirión blanco
Spanish conopsidium platantherum
Spanish testículo de perro
Spanish testiculo de perro
Spanish satirión blanco de dos hojas
Spanish satirion officinal
Spanish satirion blanco
Azerbaijani qoşayarpaq platantera
Azerbaijani qoşayarpaq ləçəkotu
azb قوشایارپاق سونبول
Belarusian Чараўнік двухлісты
Bulgarian двулистна платантера
Czech vemeník dvoulistý
Welsh tegeirian llydanwyrdd bach
Danish bakke-gøgelilje
German zweiblättrige waldhyazinthe
German weiße waldhyazinthe
Estonian kahelehine käokeel
Estonian kaheleheline käokeel
Persian سنبل جنگلی دوبرگ
Finnish pohjanvalkolehdokki
Finnish valkolehdokki
French platanthere a deux feuilles
French platanthère à deux feuilles
Irish magairlín beag an fhéileacáin
Croatian mirisavi dvolist
Upper Sorbian dwułopjenata kokulinda
Hungarian fehér sarkvirág
Hungarian kétlevelű sarkvirág
Italian platantera comune
Georgian ორფოთოლა
Cornish tegeyryan diwdhelen
lb wäiss kräizblumm
Lithuanian dvilapė blandis
Latvian smaržīgā naktsvijole
Norwegian Bokmål nattfiol
Dutch welriekende nachtorchis
Norwegian Nynorsk vanlig nattfiol
Norwegian Nynorsk nattfiol
os Тæфсæджы хос
Polish podkolan biały
Russian Любка двулистная
Russian Ночная фиалка
Russian Двулистная любка
se idjalieksi
Slovak vemenník dvojlistý
Slovenian dvolistni vimenjak
smn vielgisrotorääsi
Swedish nattviol
Turkish guguk salebi
Ukrainian Любка дволиста
Chinese 细距舌唇兰
Chinese 細距舌唇蘭

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Platanthera bifolia subsp. bifolia Unknown
Platanthera bifolia subsp. osca R.Lorenz, Romolini, V.A.Romano & Soca J. Eur. Orch. 47: 158 (2015)
Platanthera bifolia subsp. subalpina Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens , n.f., 29: 165

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
    • Western Asia
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000274336
Tropicos 23500479
INPN 114011
Flora of Italy 8221
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:651671-1
The Plant List kew-157039
Open Tree Of Life 345405
Observations.org 2678
NCBI Taxonomy 431291
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002313
IPNI 651671-1
iNaturalist 57629
GBIF 2798242
Freebase /m/0brq0x
EPPO PNEBI
EOL 1134451
Elurikkus 6368
Wikipedia Platanthera_bifolia
GBIF 9213153

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Conservation of the Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants in the Mining and Tourism Area: Khibiny Mountains, Murmansk Region, Russia Borovichev EA, Kozhin MN, Koroleva NE, Petrova OV, Akhmerova DR, Shulina MV Plants (Basel) 23-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085426
doi:10.3390/plants13091180
PMID:38732395
How Effective Is Environmental Protection for Ensuring the Vitality of Wild Orchid Species? A Case Study of a Protected Area in Italy Scramoncin L, Gerdol R, Brancaleoni L Plants (Basel) 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10935256
doi:10.3390/plants13050610
PMID:38475457
Co‐occurring orchid species associated with different low‐abundance mycorrhizal fungi from the soil in a high‐diversity conservation area in Denmark Hartvig I, Kosawang C, Rasmussen H, Kjær ED, Nielsen LR Ecol Evol 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10828919
doi:10.1002/ece3.10863
PMID:38304271
Diversity of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Temperate Orchid Species: Comparison of Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods Mennicken S, de Paula CC, Vogt-Schilb H, Jersáková J J Fungi (Basel) 23-Jan-2024
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doi:10.3390/jof10020092
PMID:38392764
Evaluation of Seed Germination of Six Rare Stipa Species following Low Temperature Stress (Cryopreservation) Osipova ES, Tereshonok DV, Gladkov EA, Evsyukov SV, Stepanova AY Life (Basel) 02-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10744796
doi:10.3390/life13122296
PMID:38137897
Botanical memory: five centuries of floristic changes revealed by a Renaissance herbarium (Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1551–1586) Buldrini F, Alessandrini A, Mossetti U, Muzzi E, Pezzi G, Soldano A, Nascimbene J R Soc Open Sci 08-Nov-2023
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doi:10.1098/rsos.230866
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Morphometric Characteristics and Genetic Issr Marker Variability in Rhodiola rosea L. (Crassulaceae) in Different Ecological and Geographic Conditions in the Altai Republic Dorogina OV, Kuban IN, Achimova AA, Williams N, Lashchinskiy NN, Zhmud EV Int J Mol Sci 16-Oct-2023
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doi:10.3390/ijms242015224
PMID:37894905
The genome sequence of the Pine Hawkmoth, Sphinx pinastri (Linneaus 1758) Boyes D, Boyes C Wellcome Open Res 20-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10762287
doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19731.1
PMID:38173562
Orchidaceae in Puglia (Italy): Consistency, Distribution, and Conservation Turco A, Albano A, Medagli P, D’Emerico S, Wagensommer RP Plants (Basel) 05-Jun-2023
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doi:10.3390/plants12112223
PMID:37299203
Epipactis bucegensis—A Separate Autogamous Species within the E. helleborine Alliance Anghelescu NE, Balogh M, Balogh L, Kigyossy N, Georgescu MI, Petra SA, Toma F, Peticilă AG Plants (Basel) 25-Apr-2023
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doi:10.3390/plants12091761
PMID:37176819
Edge Effects in the Distribution of Coleoptera in the Forests of the Center of the European Part of Russia Ruchin AB, Egorov LV, Khapugin AA Insects 10-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10144564
doi:10.3390/insects14040371
PMID:37103186
Does Reproductive Success in Natural and Anthropogenic Populations of Generalist Epipactis helleborine Depend on Flower Morphology and Nectar Composition? Brzosko E, Bajguz A, Burzyńska J, Chmur M Int J Mol Sci 21-Feb-2023
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doi:10.3390/ijms24054276
PMID:36901705
Ecophysiology of Endangered Plant Species Saussurea esthonica: Effect of Mineral Nutrient Availability and Soil Moisture Gailite A, Andersone-Ozola U, Samsone I, Karlsons A, Ievinsh G Plants (Basel) 16-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9965748
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PMID:36840236
Traditional, Therapeutic Uses and Phytochemistry of Terrestrial European Orchids and Implications for Conservation Bazzicalupo M, Calevo J, Smeriglio A, Cornara L Plants (Basel) 05-Jan-2023
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Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
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