Epipogium

Epipogium aphyllum
Typus of Epipogium

Taxonavigation

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)

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

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Epipogium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 11. Reference page.

Name

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

• Type species: Epipogium aphyllum Sw., Summa Veg. Scand.: 32 (1814).

Synonymy

• 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

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

Primary references

• Borkhausen, M.B. 1792. Tentamen Dispositionis Plantarum Germaniae 139.

Additional references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 521 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epipogium. Accessed: 2024 Feb 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Epipogium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Epipogium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Feb 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Epipogium. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Epipogium. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Epipogium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.

Vernacular names

eesti: Pisikäpp
中文: 虎舌兰属
中文（简体）: 虎舌兰属

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