Cephalanthera damasonium

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cephalanthera damasonium']

• English: White helleborine
• مصرى: سيفالانثيرا داماسونيوم
• български: Блед главопрашник
• català: Curraià grogós
• čeština: okrotice bílá
• Cymraeg: Y galdrist wen
• Deutsch: Weißes Waldvöglein
• Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Weisses Waldvöglein
• español: Epipacte blanca
• suomi: Suurvalkku
• français: Céphalanthère de Damas, céphalanthère à grandes fleurs
• Gaeilge: Cuaichín bán
• hornjoserbsce: Wulka ptačulinka
• magyar: Fehér madársisak
• italiano: Cefalantera bianca
• Lëtzebuergesch: Bleeche Bëschvillchen
• lietuvių: Stambiažiedis garbenis
• Nederlands: Bleek bosvogeltje, bleek bosvogeltje
• norsk nynorsk: Stor skogfrue
• polski: Buławnik wielkokwiatowy
• русский: Пыльцеголовник крупноцветковый
• slovenčina: prilbovka biela
• slovenščina: Bleda naglavka
• svenska: Stor skogslilja
• українська: Булатка великоквіткова
• 中文: 大花头蕊兰
• 中文（中国大陆）: 大花头蕊兰
• 中文（简体）: 大花头蕊兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 大花头蕊蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Cephalanthera • Species: Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce (1906)

Synonyms

Basionym Serapias damasonium Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 2 (1768) Heterotypic synonyms Serapias latifolia Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 4 (1768) Epipactis alba Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2, 2: 460 (1769) Serapias grandiflora Oeder in G.C.Oeder & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Dan.: t. 506 (1770) Serapias tota-alba Gilib., Exerc. Phyt. 2: 493 (1792) Epipactis lancifolia F.W.Schmidt, Samml. Phys.-Ökon. Aufs. 1: 252 (1795 ) Serapias lancifolia (F.W.Schmidt) Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(2): 409 (1799) Cymbidium pallens Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 225 (1800) Epipactis ochroleuca Baumg., Enum. Stirp. Transsilv. 3: 174 (1817) Serapias ochroleuca (Baumg.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 766 (1821) Cephalanthera lancifolia (F.W.Schmidt) Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 134 (1827) Serapias pallens (Sw.) S.B.Jundz., Opisan. Rósl.: 268 (1830) Cephalanthera ochroleuca (Baumg.) Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(20) (1831) Cephalanthera pallens subsp. ochroleuca (Baumg.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 687 (1882) Cephalanthera alba (Crantz) Simonk., Enum. Fl. Transsilv.: 504 (1887) Cephalanthera pallens var. collina Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 223 (1906) Cephalanthera pallens var. gracilis Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 223 (1906) Cephalanthera pallens var. pienena Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 223 (1906) Cephalanthera latifolia Janch., Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins Univ. Wien 5: 111 (1907 ) Cephalanthera alba var. adenophora R.Keller in H.Schinz & R.Keller, Fl. Schweiz, ed. 2: 75 (1914) Epipactis alba f. spicata W.Zimm., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 23: 11 (1917) Cephalanthera latifolia f. adenophora (R.Keller) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 113 (1928) Cephalanthera latifolia f. collina (Zapal.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 112 (1928) Cephalanthera latifolia f. gracilis (Zapal.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 113 (1928) Cephalanthera latifolia f. pienena (Zapal.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 113 (1928) Cephalanthera latifolia f. spicata (W.Zimm.) Soó, Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 23: 112 (1928) Cephalanthera yunnanensis Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 1339 (1936) Cephalanthera damasonium f. collina (Zapal.) Soó, Ann. Univ. Sci. Budapest. Rolando Eötvös, Sect. Biol. 11: 54 (1969) Cephalanthera damasonium f. gracilis (Zapal.) Soó, Ann. Univ. Sci. Budapest. Rolando Eötvös, Sect. Biol. 11: 54 (1969) Cephalanthera damasonium f. spicata (W.Zimm.) Soó, Ann. Univ. Sci. Budapest. Rolando Eötvös, Sect. Biol. 11: 54 (1969) Cephalanthera damasonium lusus ochroleuca (Baumg.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 367 (1970 publ. 1971)

Type species

Images of the whole plant

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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Habitat
  Germany - Hohenloher Land
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Tauberland
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Taubertal
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenloher Land
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany -
  Schwäbisch-Fränkische Waldberge
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Pieniny
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Czech Republic -
  Na Hradech
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  France - Catena de
  Rangeval (Meuse)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany -
  Tauberland
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Rohrwald, district Korneuburg, Lower Austria
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Lilienthal, Kaiserstuhl
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Ersingen
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Ersingen
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  Plants, Sakàr Mountain in Southeastern Bulgaria
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenstein (Landkreis Reutlingen)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenstein (Landkreis Reutlingen)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenstein (Landkreis Reutlingen)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenstein (Landkreis Reutlingen)

Flowers

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  Jena, Thuringia
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenloher Land
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Belgium - Calestienne
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Belgium - Calestienne
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  France - Catena de
  Rangeval (Meuse)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Thuringia
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  flower and buds
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Karlsruhe, Güterbahnhof
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  Inflorescence, Sakàr Mountain in Southeastern Bulgaria
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Wasserliesch, Perfeist
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Hohenloher Land
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Thuringia

Buds

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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Ungeheuerklamm (Weingarten)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Ungeheuerklamm (Weingarten)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Ungeheuerklamm (Weingarten)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Rottenburg am Neckar

Infructescences

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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Germany - Dietlingen
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
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  Cephalanthera damasonium

Botanical illustrations

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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  Sargus bipunctatus
  Folio 305 in:
  John Curtis
  British Entomology
  vol. 8
  (1824-1840)
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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  (as syn.
  Cephalanthera grandiflora)
  Tafel 57 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Cephalanthera damasonium
  (as syn.
  Cephalanthera alba)
  plate 414 in:
  C.A.M Lindman:
  Bilder ur Nordens Flora
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1917-1927)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Great Britain, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, South European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria. Asia-Temperate Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. China China South-Central. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar.

References

Description of taxon

• Druce, G.C., (1906). Annals of Scottish Natural History 15 (60): 225.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 496 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cephalanthera damasonium.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cephalanthera damasonium
• eMonocot link: Cephalanthera damasonium
• Tropicos link: Cephalanthera damasonium
• International Plant Names Index link: Cephalanthera damasonium
• The Plant List link: Cephalanthera damasonium