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Piperia (Rein orchids)

Platanthera unalascensis. Photo: (c) Brad Von Blon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Piperia is a genus of the orchid family Orchidaceae. These plants are known as rein orchids. They are native to western North America, especially California and the Pacific Northwest. This genus has the following characteristics: (a) a bisexual perennial nongreen plant that grows from buried tubers; fruit capsule bearing numerous minute seeds; (c) pollen that is sticky, and which is removed as sessile anther sacs; and (d) stigma fused with its style into a column. There…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Orchidaceae (Orchids)
        Subfamily: Orchidoideae (Orchidoid orchids)
        Tribe: Orchideae
        Subtribe: Orchidinae
        Genus: Platanthera (Bog orchids)
        Section: Piperia (Rein orchids)
        Species: Platanthera unalascensis (Alaska rein orchid)
        Species: Platanthera transversa (Flat spurred piperia)
        Species: Platanthera elegans (Elegant rein orchid) (1)
        Species: Platanthera ephemerantha (Whiteflower rein orchid)
        Species: Platanthera elongata (Denseflower rein orchid)

Subtaxa

Species: Platanthera unalascensis (Alaska rein orchid)

Species: Platanthera transversa (Flat spurred piperia)

Species: Platanthera elegans (Elegant rein orchid)

Species: Platanthera ephemerantha (Whiteflower rein orchid)

Species: Platanthera elongata (Denseflower rein orchid)

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