- Family:
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Epipactis Zinn
Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz

Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Atkinson, R. [1621], United Kingdom | 10069.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [1629], United Kingdom | 10070.000 | No | |||
Thomas, C., United Kingdom | 10071.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [5225], Spain | 10072.000 | No | |||
Tyrer, P.J., Ireland | 10073.000 | No | |||
Tyner, P.J., United Kingdom | 10074.000 | No | |||
Ryan, P.J., Ireland | 10075.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 10076.000 | No | |||
Stratton, B.M., United Kingdom | 10077.000 | No | |||
Sayers, D. [10/40/18], Austria | 10088.000 | No | |||
Sayers, D. [04/40/18], Austria | 18561.000 | No | |||
Greenwood, M., United Kingdom | 18562.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 19426.000 | No | |||
Ross-Craig, S. [555], United Kingdom | 19428.000 | No | |||
Shove, W.R., United Kingdom | 19429.000 | No | |||
Maycock, R., United Kingdom | 20713.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [4484], Spain | 20948.000 | No | |||
Summerhayes, V.S. [1611], United Kingdom | 20949.000 | No | |||
Burtt, B.L., United Kingdom | 20950.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [1577], United Kingdom | 21113.000 | No | |||
Sandwith, N.Y. [6230], Spain | 24834.000 | No | |||
Adams, L.G. [273], United Kingdom | 28247.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E., United Kingdom | 28415.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [4636], France | 31857.000 | No | |||
Barneby, T.P., France | 32101.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [4716], France | 32574.000 | No | |||
Pike, C.J.H., United Kingdom | 32919.000 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [4826], France | 33602.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [74/0035d], Denmark | 41286.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [74/0035c], Denmark | 41287.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [74/0035a], Denmark | 41288.000 | No | |||
Collins, P.B. [74/0036], Denmark | 41290.000 | No | |||
Clements, M.A. [2769], Greece | 48198.000 | No | |||
Sweden | 50599.000 | No | |||
Sweden | 50601.000 | No | |||
Sweden | 50602.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 52873.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P., China | 56694.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 6049.143 | No | |||
Sprague, T.A., United Kingdom | 9515.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [1575], United Kingdom | 9516.000 | No | |||
Maude, A.H., United Kingdom | 9517.000 | No | |||
Maude, A.H., United Kingdom | 9518.000 | No | |||
Miller, K.B.N., United Kingdom | 9519.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [2302], Austria | 9520.000 | No | |||
Ross-Craig, S. [921], Ireland | 9521.000 | No | |||
Ross-Craig, S. [933], Ireland | 9522.000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E., United Kingdom | 9523.000 | No | |||
Sealy, J.R. [1068], United Kingdom | 9524.000 | No | |||
McLeish, I. [51], United Kingdom | 62368.000 | No | |||
MFF [MFF 413] | 70406.000 | No | |||
United Kingdom | 71642.000 | No | |||
Chase, M.W. [83164], USA | 75242.000 | No |
First published in Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2, 2: 467 (1769)
Accepted by
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2005). Flora Iberica 21: 1-366. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
- Curtis, T. & Thompson, R. (2009). The orchids of Ireland: 1-160. National Museums of Northern Ireland, Cultra, Holywood.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Efimov, P. (2007). Genus Epipactis Zinn. (Orchidaceae) in the Russia Turczaninowia 7(3): 8-42.
- G.I.R.O.S. (2009). Orchidee d'Italia: 1-303. Il Castello srl, Italy.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ. & Cribb, v (2019). Field Guide to the Orchids of Europe and the Mediterranean: 1-430. Kew Publishing, England.
- Lucksom, S.Z. (2007). The orchids of Sikkim and North East Himalaya: 1-984. S.Z.Lucksom, India.
- Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 2: 367-766. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
- Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
- Taran, G.S., Silantieva, M.M. & Shibanova, A.A. (2007). Floristic records in floodplains of the Ob riber and its tributaries (Altai territory) Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 92: 1763-1768.
- Vij, S.P., Verma, J. & Kumar, C.S. (2013). Orchids of Himachal Pradesh: 1-275. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
- Vázquez Pardo, F.M. (2009). Revisión de la familia Orchidaceae en Extremadura (España) Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 3: 1-367.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
- Chilton, L. (2010). Plant list for Lesvos, slightly revised 1998-2009: 1-36. Marengo, Hunstanton, England.
- Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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