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, 2^nd 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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