Orchidaceae
Epipactis

Epipactis veratrifolia Boiss. & Hohen.

First published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 11 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Caucasus to Somalia and S. Central China. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, China South-Central, Cyprus, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Somalia, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Yemen

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Demissew, S., Cribb, P. & Rasmussen, F. (2004). Field Guide to Ethiopian Orchids: 1-300. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2022). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 3a: 1-868. ANG Vakfı/Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • 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.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Raskoti, B.B. (2009). The Orchids of Nepal: 1-252. Bhakta Bahadur Raskoti and Rita Ale.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Vij, S.P., Verma, J. & Kumar, C.S. (2013). Orchids of Himachal Pradesh: 1-275. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
  • Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by B. Pettersson [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2011 Kotschy, C.G.T. [401.632] Russia K000960008 Isotype Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [401] Russia K000942656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ash [437] Ethiopia K:SPC-36379.000 No
Pakistan K:SPC-21112.000 No
Collenette, I.S. [7451] Saudi Arabia K:SPC-55145.000 No
Phillips, E.L. [s.n.] Somalia K000306721 Type Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [9359] K000942655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Young, D.P. [7410] Cyprus K:SPC-09510.000 No
Wood, J.R.I. [4.75.897] Yemen K:SPC-39577.000 No
Cole, E. [s.n.] Somalia K000306720 Type Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [401] Russia K000942657 Type Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [401] Russia K000942658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Handel-Mazzetti, H.R.E. [479] China Epipactis handelii K000942653 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images