Epipogium aphyllum
Typus of Epipogium

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Nervilieae
Subtribus: Epipogiinae
Genus: Epipogium

Overview of species (7)

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E. aphyllum – E. japonicum – E. kentingense – E. lalashanense – E. meridianum – E. roseum – E. taiwanense

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Name

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Epipogium Borkh., Tent. Disp. Pl. German.: 139 (1792).

Synonymy

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  • Heterotypic
    • Ceratopsis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 383 (1840).
    • Epipogion St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 144 (1880), orth. var.
    • Epipogon Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 77 (1852), orth. var.
    • Galera Blume, Bijdr.: 415 (1825).
    • Podanthera Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden.
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France, Spain.
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
    • Eastern Europe
      • Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Siberia
      • Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin.
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Western Asia
      • Turkey.
    • China
      • China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
    • Indo-China
      • Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
    • Papuasia
      • Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales, Queensland.
  • Pacific
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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eesti: Pisikäpp
中文: 虎舌兰属
中文(简体): 虎舌兰属

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