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. |
January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |