Orchidaceae

Epipogium Borkh.

First published in Tent. Disp. Pl. German.: 139 (1792)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, Tropical Africa to SW. Pacific.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Amur, Angola, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Solomon Is., South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.C. & Rasmussen, F.N. (2006). Epidendroideae (Part One). Genera Orchidacearum 4: 1-672. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 7: 188.
  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. 330, 331 (1810)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Tent. Disp. Pl. German.: 139 (1792).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 330, 331 (1810)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0