Zeuxine parvifolia




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae
Subtribe Goodyerinae
Scientific name Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridley) Seidenfaden
Synonyms Adenostylis benguetensis Ames; Hetaeria parvifolia Ridley; Zeuxine benguetensis (Ames) Ames; Zeuxine boninensis Tuyama; Zeuxine gracilis Blume var. tenuifolia (Tuyama) T. Hashimoto; Zeuxine leucochila Schlechter; Zeuxine shuishiehensis S. S. Ying; Zeuxine tenuifolia Tuyama; Zeuxine tonkinensis Gagnepain
Common name (Japanese common name) yanbaru-kinu-ran (ヤンバルキヌラン, 山原絹蘭 [meaning: Yanbaru silk orchid (Yanbaru = northern forest area in Okinawa Island)])
(Chinese common name) 白花线柱兰
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu (south of Yakushima Island), Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
Habitat Wet evergreen broadleaf trees forest
Chromosomal number 2n=20
Description Plants 15-30cm tall. Leaves 3-5cm long. Flowers sepals ca. 5mm long, ca. 3mm across, flowring in February to April. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridl.) Seidenf.
Zeuxine parvifolia (Ridley) Seidenfaden
Zeuxine affinis (Lindl.) Benth. ex Hook. f.



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