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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Platanthera yosemitensis''
| image = Platanthera yosemitensis.jpg
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Orchidoideae]]
| tribus = [[Orchideae]]
| subtribus = [[Orchidinae]]
| alliance = [[Orchis]]
| genus = ''[[Platanthera]]''
| species = '''''P. yosemitensis'''''
| species_authority = Colwell, Sheviak and P. Moore, 2007<ref name="madrono">{{cite journal |last=Colwell |first=Alison E. L. |authorlink= |coauthors=Charles J. Sheviak and Peggy E. Moore |year=2007 |title=A NEW ''PLATANTHERA'' (ORCHIDACEAE) FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA |journal=Madroño |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=86-93 | issn=0024-9637 | url=http://www.calbotsoc.org/madrono.html |accessdate= 2007-07-17 }}</ref>
| binomial = ''Platanthera yosemitensis''
}}
'''''Platanthera yosemitensis''''' ('''Yosemite Bog-orchid''') is a species of [[orchid]] that is [[endemism|endemic]] to nine wet montane meadows between the main stem and the South Fork of the [[Merced River]] in [[Yosemite National Park]].
First collected in 1923, it was not identified as a distinct species until 2007. The species grows at altitudes of 1800–2700 m (6000–9000 ft.). The orchid has a foul smell that has variously been described as "corral of horses, asafetida, strong cheese, human feet, sweaty clothing, or simply disagreeable".<ref name="usgs">{{cite web | author=[[United States Geological Survey]] |title=USGS Botanists Help Identify a New Orchid, the Yosemite Bog-Orchid | url=http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1706 | date=[[2007-07-16]] | accessdate =2007-07-17}}</ref> The orchid's yellow flowers are less than 8 mm (¼ in.) wide.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19797088/ MSNBC article]
*[http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2007/07/rare-orchid-yosemite-identified-new-species National Parks Traveler article]
{{orchid-stub}}
[[Category:Orchid species]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Yosemite]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Platanthera yosemitensis''
| image = Platanthera yosemitensis.jpg
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Orchidoideae]]
| tribus = [[Orchideae]]
| subtribus = [[Orchidinae]]
| alliance = [[Orchis]]
| genus = ''[[Platanthera]]''
| species = '''''P. yosemitensis'''''
| species_authority = Colwell, Sheviak and P. Moore, 2007<ref name="madrono">{{cite journal |last=Colwell |first=Alison E. L. |authorlink= |coauthors=Charles J. Sheviak and Peggy E. Moore |year=2007 |title=A NEW ''PLATANTHERA'' (ORCHIDACEAE) FROM YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA |journal=Madroño |volume=54 |issue=1 |pages=86-93 | issn=0024-9637 | url=http://www.calbotsoc.org/madrono.html |accessdate= 2007-07-17 }}</ref>
| binomial = ''Platanthera yosemitensis''
}}
'''''Platanthera yosemitensis''''' ('''Yosemite Bog-orchid''') is a species of [[orchid]] that is [[endemism|endemic]] to nine wet montane meadows between the main stem and the South Fork of the [[Merced River]] in [[Yosemite National Park]].
First collected in 1923, it was not identified as a distinct species until 2007. The species grows at altitudes of 1800–2700 m (6000–9000 ft.). The orchid has a foul smell that has variously been described as "corral of horses, asafetida, strong cheese, human feet, sweaty clothing, or simply disagreeable".<ref name="usgs">{{cite web | author=[[United States Geological Survey]] |title=USGS Botanists Help Identify a New Orchid, the Yosemite Bog-Orchid | url=http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1706 | date=[[2007-07-16]] | accessdate =2007-07-17}}</ref> The orchid's yellow flowers are less than 8 mm (¼ in.) wide.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19797088/ MSNBC article]
*[http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2007/07/rare-orchid-yosemite-identified-new-species National Parks Traveler article]
{{orchid-stub}}
[[Category:Orchid species]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Yosemite]]