Epipactis gigantea

Epipactis gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Neottieae
Genus: Epipactis
Species: Epipactis gigantea

Name

Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hook., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 202 (1839)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Limodorum giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891), nom. illeg.
  • Peramium giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) J.M.Coult., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 2: 424 (1894)
  • Serapias gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 67 (1908)
  • Helleborine gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) Druce, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 547 (1909)
  • Amesia gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 472 (1913)
  • Arthrochilium giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) Szlach., Die Orchidee (Hamburg) 54: 588 (2003)
• Heterotypic
  • Epipactis americana Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 385 (1840)
  • Epipactis pringlei Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 293 (1919 publ. 1920)
  • Cephalanthera kokanica Regel ex Nevski in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 4: 622 (1935), pro syn.
  • Epipactis gigantea f. rubrifolia P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 287 (1995)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Western Canada British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Oklahoma, South Dakota. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Douglas, D. ex Hooker, W.J. 1839. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 202, pl. 202.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epipactis gigantea. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Epipactis gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Epipactis gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Epipactis gigantea. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jan 8. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Epipactis gigantea. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jan 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Epipactis gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 Jan 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Stream orchid, Helleborine orchid
Diné bizaad: Chʼał nineezí bidą́ą́ʼ
русский: Дремлик гигантский

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