Epipactis

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

Overview of species (53)

E. africana – E. alata – E. albensis – E. ariosica – E. atrorubens – E. bugacensis – E. caramolica – E. condensata – E. cordigera – E. cupaniana – E. dunensis – E. euxina – E. fascicularis – E. flaminia – E. flava – E. garganica – E. gigantea – E. greuteri – E. guegelii – E. helleborine – E. humilior – E. hyblaea – E. hygrophila – E. ioessa – E. kartliana – E. kleinii – E. krymmontana – E. leptochila – E. mairei – E. majellensis – E. microphylla – E. minipurpurata – E. muelleri – E. nasuta – E. odemensis – E. ohwii – E. palustris – E. papillosa – E. persica – E. phyllanthes – E. pontica – E. purpurata – E. rivularis – E. royleana – E. stellifera – E. thunbergii – E. torqueta – E. turcomanica – E. ulugurica – E. veluwensis – E. veratrifolia – E. wartensteinii – E. xanthophaea

Nothospecies: (23)

E. × barlae – E. × barreana – E. × breinerorum – E. × bruxellensis – E. × cardonneae – E. × conquensis – E. × gerbaudiorum – E. × gevaudanii – E. × graberi – E. × hanseniorum – E. × heterogama – E. × liestalensis – E. × mohilewiensis – E. × nicolosii – E. × pupplingensis – E. × reinekei – E. × robatschii – E. × schmalhausenii – E. × schulzei – E. × soguksuensis – E. × stephensonii – E. × subtilis – E. × vermionensis

Name

Epipactis Zinn, Cat. Pl. Hort. Gott.: 85. (1757), nom. cons.

Type species: Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2, 2: 467. (1769)

Synonymy

Basionym
- Limodorum Ludw. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671. (1891), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Helleborine Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754)
- Limonias Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 147 (1789)
- Arthrochilium (Irmisch) Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 212 (1890)
- Calliphyllon Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 56 (1901)
- Amesia A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 472 (1913)
- Parapactis W.Zimm., Mitt. Bad. Landesvereins Naturk., n.f., 1: 232 (1922)

Homonym

Epipactis Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 253 (1754), nom. rej. - vide: Goodyera R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 197 (1813)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia, Somalia.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Malawi, Mozambique.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Russian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Western Asia
  - Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States,Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- China
  - China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
- Indo-China
  - Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
Northern America
- Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Eastern Canada (introduced)
  - New Brunswick (introduced), Newfoundland (introduced), Ontario (introduced), Québec (introduced).
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
- North-Central U.S.A. (introduced)
  - Illinois (introduced), Minnesota (introduced), Missouri (introduced), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin (introduced).
- Northeastern U.S.A. (introduced)
  - Connecticut (introduced), Indiana (introduced), Maine (introduced), Massachusetts (introduced), Michigan (introduced), New Hampshire (introduced), New Jersey (introduced), New York (introduced), Ohio (introduced), Pennsylvania (introduced), Rhode Islands (introduced), Vermont (introduced), West Virginia (introduced).
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A. (introduced)
  - Arkansas (introduced), Kentucky (introduced), Maryland (introduced), North Carolina (introduced), Tennessee (introduced), Virginia (introduced).
- Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Zinn, J.G. 1757. Catalogus plantarum Horti Academici et agri Gottingensis. 441 pp., Gottingae, Vandenhoeck: Hathitrust. Reference page. : 85–87.

Additional references

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 501 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Epipactis. Accessed: 2023 Apr 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Epipactis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2023. Epipactis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Apr 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Epipactis. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr 2023.
Tropicos.org 2023. Epipactis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr 2023.

Vernacular names

العربية: أفيبقطس
башҡортса: Баҙыҡай
čeština: Kruštík
dansk: Hullæbe
Deutsch: Stendelwurzen
English: Helleborine
español: Orquídea Heleborina
فارسی: خربقی
suomi: Neidonvaipat
français: Épipactis
hornjoserbsce: Stawač
magyar: Nőszőfű
italiano: Elleborine
日本語: カキラン属
қазақша: Жылантамыр
перем коми: Эпипактис
коми: Эпипактис
Latina: Epipactis
lietuvių: Skiautalūpis
мокшень: Эпипактис
кырык мары: Эпипактис
Nederlands: Wespenorchis
polski: Kruszczyk
русский: Дремлик
slovenčina: Kruštík
slovenščina: Močvirnica
svenska: Knipprötter
татарча / tatarça: Шөпшә күкеяше
удмурт: Эпипактис
українська: Коручка
Tiếng Việt: Amesia
中文: 火烧兰属
中文（简体）: 火烧兰属