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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Greater Butterfly-orchid
| image = Platanthera_chlorantha.jpg
| image_width = 225px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Platanthera]]''
| species = '''''P. chlorantha'''''
| binomial = ''Platanthera chlorantha''
| binomial_authority = ([[Jakob Laurenz Custer|Custer]]) [[Ludwig Reichenbach|Rchb.]]
}}
The '''Greater Butterfly-orchid''' (''Platanthera chlorantha'') is an orchid in the genus ''[[Platanthera]]''. It can be found throughout Europe and Morocco. The name ''Platanthera'' is derived from Greek, meaning "broad [[anther]]s", while the species name, ''chlorantha'', means "greenflowered".
[[Image:Platanthera_chlorantha_spike.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Platanthera chlorantha'', spike]]
==External link==
*[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/mono/orchida/plata/platchlv.jpg Den virtuella floran - Platanthera chlorantha distribution]
{{Commons|Platanthera chlorantha|Greater Butterfly-orchid (''Platanthera chlorantha'')}}
[[Category:Orchid species]]
{{orchid-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Greater Butterfly-orchid
| image = Platanthera_chlorantha.jpg
| image_width = 225px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Platanthera]]''
| species = '''''P. chlorantha'''''
| binomial = ''Platanthera chlorantha''
| binomial_authority = ([[Jakob Laurenz Custer|Custer]]) [[Ludwig Reichenbach|Rchb.]]
}}
The '''Greater Butterfly-orchid''' (''Platanthera chlorantha'') is an orchid in the genus ''[[Platanthera]]''. It can be found throughout Europe and Morocco. The name ''Platanthera'' is derived from Greek, meaning "broad [[anther]]s", while the species name, ''chlorantha'', means "greenflowered".
[[Image:Platanthera_chlorantha_spike.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Platanthera chlorantha'', spike]]
==External link==
*[http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/mono/orchida/plata/platchlv.jpg Den virtuella floran - Platanthera chlorantha distribution]
{{Commons|Platanthera chlorantha|Greater Butterfly-orchid (''Platanthera chlorantha'')}}
[[Category:Orchid species]]
{{orchid-stub}}
