Platanthera holmboei

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Platanthera holmboei
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Flower of Platanthera holmboei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Genus: Platanthera
Species:
P. holmboei
Binomial name
Platanthera holmboei
Synonyms

Platanthera holmboei is a species of orchid native to the eastern Mediterranean (northern Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, the Greek Islands, and Cyprus). [1]

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