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{{Taxobox_begin | color = lightgreen | name = Lesser butterfly-orchid}}
{{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Koeh-245.jpg|225px|Platanthera bifolia]]| caption = }}
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{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plantae]]}}
{{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliophyta]]}}
{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
{{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Orchidaceae]]}}
{{Taxobox subfamilia entry | taxon = [[Orchidoideae]]}}
{{Taxobox tribus entry | taxon = [[Orchideae]]}}
{{Taxobox subtribus entry | taxon = [[Orchidinae]]}}
{{Taxobox alliance entry | taxon = [[Orchis]]}}
{{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Platanthera]]''}}
{{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. bifolia'''''}}
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{{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Platanthera bifolia | author = ([[Carl Linné|L.]]) [[Louis Claude Marie Richard|L.C.Rich.]] | date = [[1817]]}}
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The '''Lesser Butterfly-orchid''' (''Platanthera bifolia'') is an orchid in the genus ''[[Platanthera]]'', having certain relations with the genus ''[[Orchis]]'', where it was previously included and also with the genus ''[[Habenaria]]''. It can be found throughout Europe and Morocco. The name ''Platanthera'' is derived from Greek, meaning "broad [[anther]]s", while the species name, ''bifolia'', means "two leaves".
==Synonyms==
*''Orchis bifolia'' L. 1753 (Basónimo)
*''Lysias bifolia'' (L.) Salisb. 1812
*''Habenaria bifolia'' (L.) R. Br. 1813
*''Sieberia bifolia'' (L.) Spreng. 1817
*''Satyrium bifolium'' (L.) Wahlenb. 1826
*''Gymnadenia bifolia'' (L.) G. Mey. 1836
*''Platanthera solstitialis'' Boenn. ex Rchb. 1830
*''Platanthera bifolia'' ssp. ''atropatanica'' B. Baumann & al. 2003
[[Image:Platanthera bifolia bgiu.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Platanthera bifolia'', plant]]
{{Commons|Platanthera bifolia|Lesser Butterfly-orchid (''Platanthera bifolia'')}}
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[[Category:Orchid species]]
{{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Koeh-245.jpg|225px|Platanthera bifolia]]| caption = }}
{{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = lightgreen}}
{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plantae]]}}
{{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliophyta]]}}
{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Liliopsida]]}}
{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Asparagales]]}}
{{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Orchidaceae]]}}
{{Taxobox subfamilia entry | taxon = [[Orchidoideae]]}}
{{Taxobox tribus entry | taxon = [[Orchideae]]}}
{{Taxobox subtribus entry | taxon = [[Orchidinae]]}}
{{Taxobox alliance entry | taxon = [[Orchis]]}}
{{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Platanthera]]''}}
{{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''P. bifolia'''''}}
{{Taxobox_end_placement}}
{{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = lightgreen | binomial_name = Platanthera bifolia | author = ([[Carl Linné|L.]]) [[Louis Claude Marie Richard|L.C.Rich.]] | date = [[1817]]}}
{{Taxobox_end}}
The '''Lesser Butterfly-orchid''' (''Platanthera bifolia'') is an orchid in the genus ''[[Platanthera]]'', having certain relations with the genus ''[[Orchis]]'', where it was previously included and also with the genus ''[[Habenaria]]''. It can be found throughout Europe and Morocco. The name ''Platanthera'' is derived from Greek, meaning "broad [[anther]]s", while the species name, ''bifolia'', means "two leaves".
==Synonyms==
*''Orchis bifolia'' L. 1753 (Basónimo)
*''Lysias bifolia'' (L.) Salisb. 1812
*''Habenaria bifolia'' (L.) R. Br. 1813
*''Sieberia bifolia'' (L.) Spreng. 1817
*''Satyrium bifolium'' (L.) Wahlenb. 1826
*''Gymnadenia bifolia'' (L.) G. Mey. 1836
*''Platanthera solstitialis'' Boenn. ex Rchb. 1830
*''Platanthera bifolia'' ssp. ''atropatanica'' B. Baumann & al. 2003
[[Image:Platanthera bifolia bgiu.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Platanthera bifolia'', plant]]
{{Commons|Platanthera bifolia|Lesser Butterfly-orchid (''Platanthera bifolia'')}}
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[[Category:Orchid species]]
