Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Neottieae |
Subtribe | Listerinae (also placed in Neottinae) |
Scientific name | Listera nipponica Makino |
Synonyms | Listera brevidens Nevski; Listera cordata (L.) R. Brown var. nipponica (Makino) Hiroe; Listera nipponica Makino forma albovariegata Masamune & Satomi; Listera nipponica Makino forma viridis Masamune & Satomi; Listera smallii Wiegand var. nipponica (Makino) T. Hashimoto; Neottia nipponica (Makino) Szlachetko; Ophrys nipponica Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) miyama futaba-ran (ミヤマフタバラン, 深山二葉蘭 [meaning: high mountain twin-leave orchid]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Russia (Far East) | |
Habitat | Subalpine needleleaf tree forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=34, 36, 38 |
Description | Stems 10-25cm tall. Leaves 1-2.5cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers pale purple or green, sepals 3-4mm long, lips ca. 6mm long, flowerting in June to August. Seeds ca. 6mm long. Terrestrial. Saprophytes. |
Reference | Listera nipponica (Makino) Makino |
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (4) (A. NATURAL SCIENCE) | |
Forest succession in the subalpine region of Mt. Fuji, Japan |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |
July 2009 at Mt. Fuji |