Epipogium aphyllum Sw.

 
  • Family : ORCHIDACEAE
    (Orchid Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ORCHID FAMILY (ऑर्चिड फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Orchidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Epipactis epipogium (L.) All.; Epipogium aphyllum f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee & K.S.Lee; Limodorum epipogium (L.) Sw.; Orchis aphylla F.W.Schmidt; Satyrium epipogium L.; Serapias epigogium (L.) Steud.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Epipogium aphyllum Sw.
  • Common name : Ghost orchid
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Temperate to subalpine forests, crevices, mossy places; 1200 - 3600 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : It is found in beech, oak, pine and spruce forest.
  • Key identification features : Mycoheterotrophic herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka,
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia
  • 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=Epipogium aphyllum. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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