Epipogium roseum

Epipogium roseum

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
Species: Epipogium roseum

Name

Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 177 (1857).

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Limodorum roseum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 30 (1825).
• Homotypic
  • Ceratopsis rosea (D.Don) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 384 (1840).
  • Galera rosea (D.Don) Blume, Mus. Bot. 2: 188 (1856).
• Heterotypic
  • Galera nutans Blume, Bijdr.: 415 (1825).
  • Podanthera pallida Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851).
  • Epipogium nutans (Blume) Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 36 (1857).
  • Epipogium guilfoylii F.Muell., Fragm. 8: 30 (1872).
  • Epipogium tuberosum Duthie, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 9(2): 151 (1906).
  • Epipogium africanus Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 399 (1911).
  • Epipogium nutans var. celebicus Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 5 (1911).
  • Galera rolfei Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 348 (1911).
  • Epipogium rolfei (Hayata) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 5 (1911).
  • Epipogium kassnerianum Kraenzl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 370 (1914).
  • Galera kusukusensis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 121 (1914).
  • Epipogium kusukusense (Hayata) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 153 (1919).
  • Epipogium makinoanum Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 153 (1919).
  • Gastrodia schinziana Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 66 (1929).
  • Epipogium sinicum C.L.Tso, Sunyatsenia 1: 132 (1933).
  • Epipogium pooneranthum Fukuy., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 32: 243 (1942).
  • Stereosandra schinziana (Kraenzl.) Garay, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 13: 32 (1954).
  • Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & S.Suzuki, Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 6: 28 (1961).
  • Epipogium sessanum S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 3: 598 (1982).
  • Epipogium indicum H.J.Chowdhery, G.D.Pal & G.S.Giri, Nordic J. Bot. 13: 419 (1993) DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1993.tb00074.x

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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 China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, 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

• Lindley, J. 1857. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 1: 177.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epipogium roseum. Accessed: 2024 Feb 11.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Epipogium roseum 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 roseum. 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 roseum. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Epipogium roseum. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Epipogium roseum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Feb 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Ghost orchid
日本語: タシロラン
ไทย: 虎舌兰
中文: 高士佛上鬚蘭, 虎舌兰
中文（简体）: 虎舌兰

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