Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Basionym : Serapias helleborine L.
  • Synonym(s) : Helleborine helleborine (L.) Druce
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz
  • Common name : Broad Leaved Helleborine
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Subtropical to alpine forest, grasslands, wooded slopes, streamsides; 200 - 4000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Leaves glabrous
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district, Manali
    • Ladakh : Ladakh
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North-West Africa, Europe to China and North America
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 227
    • Kumar P. et. al., (2008). Orchidaceae, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India. Check List 4(3): 304–323
    • Jalal J.S. and Jayanthi J., (2015)
    • AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE ORCHIDS OF WESTERN HIMALAYA, INDIA. LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7-50
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Epipactis helleborine. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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