Epipogium

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Epipogium']

• مصرى: ابيبوجيوم
• беларуская: Надбароднік
• čeština: sklenobýl
• Deutsch: Widerbart
• eesti: Pisikäpp
• suomi: Metsänemät
• hrvatski: Nadbradac
• hornjoserbsce: Njebródka
• հայերեն: էպիպոգիում
• перем коми: Эпипогиум
• коми: Эпипогиум
• мокшень: Эпипогиум
• олык марий: Эпипогиум
• кырык мары: Эпипогиум
• norsk nynorsk: Huldreblomslekta
• polski: Storzan
• русский: Надбородник
• svenska: Skogsfrur
• удмурт: Эпипогиум
• 中文: 虎舌兰属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 虎舌兰属
• 中文（简体）: 虎舌兰属
• 中文（繁體）: 虎舌蘭屬
• 中文（香港）: 虎舌蘭屬
• 中文（新加坡）: 虎舌兰属
• 中文（臺灣）: 虎舌蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Nervilieae • Subtribus: Epipogiinae • Genus: Epipogium Borkh. (1792)

Genus Epipogium Borkh. (1792)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Galera Blume, Bijdr.: 415 (1825). Ceratopsis Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 383 (1840) Podanthera Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851) Epipogon Ledeb., Fl. Ross. 4: 77 (1852) Epipogion St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 144 (1880)

7 Species

Included species (for Tropicos,  8 February 2021):
E. africanum, E. aphyllum, E. dentilabellum, E. generalis, E. gmelinii, E. guilfoylei, E. indicum, E. japonicum, E. kassnerianum, E. kusukusense, E. makinoanum, E. nutans, E. poneranthum, E. rolfei, E. roseum, E. sessanum, E. sinicum, E. tuberosum Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Epipogium aphyllum Sw. (1814)

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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Type species

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  Epipogium roseum

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria. West-Central Tropical Africa Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Turkey. China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland. Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu.

Selected Weblinks

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