Plant Details

Accepted name:: Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. [Orchidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lesser purple fringed orchid	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blephariglottis fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) G.Keller & Soó Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. A 2: 308 (1935).
Blephariglottis psycodes Rydb. in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 296 (1901).
Blephariglottis psycodes f. albiflora (Ralph Hoffm.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009).
Blephariglottis psycodes f. albispicata House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 19 (1923).
Blephariglottis psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009).
Blephariglottis psycodes f. rosea (P.M.Br.) Baumbach & P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009).
Blephariglottis psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Baumbach & P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 15: 75 (2009).
Fimbriella psycodes (L.) Butzin Willdenowia 11: 324 (1981).
Habenaria fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 693 (1826), nom. illeg.
Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 693 (1826).
Habenaria psycodes f. albiflora Ralph Hoffm. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 36: 248 (1922).
Habenaria psycodes var. ecalcarata M.M.Bryan Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 38 (1917).
Habenaria psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) Dole Fl. Vermont, ed. 3: 93 (1937).
Habenaria psycodes var. varians M.M.Bryan Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 37 (1917).
Habenaria psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) Fernald Rhodora 48: 184 (1946).
Habenaria racemosa Raf. Ann. Nat.: 15 (1820).
Orchis fissa Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 40 (1805).
Orchis incisa Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 40 (1805).
Orchis psycodes L. Sp. Pl.: 943 (1753).
Platanthera fissa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 294 (1835).
Platanthera psycodes f. albiflora (R.Hoffm.) R.E.Whiting & Catling Naturaliste Canad. 109: 278 (1982).
Platanthera psycodes f. ecalcarata (M.M.Bryan) P.M.Br. Wild Fl. Notes 3: 24 (1988).
Platanthera psycodes f. rosea P.M.Br. N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 289 (1995).
Platanthera psycodes f. varians (M.M.Bryan) P.M.Br. Wild Fl. Notes 3: 24 (1988).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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