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| January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |
January 2010 at my home |
| Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe | Cranichideae |
| Subtribe | Goodyerinae |
| Scientific name | Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlechter forma rupicola (Fukuyama) T. Hashimoto |
| Synonyms | Zeuxine rupicola Fukuyama; Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schlechter var. rupicola (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) chikushi kinu-ran (チクシキヌラン, 筑紫絹蘭 [meaning: Chikushi silk orchid (Chikushi = an old name of northern Kyushu or a local name in Taiwan)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Malaysia, India | |
| Habitat | Open field, roadside |
| Chromosomal number | unknown |
| Description | Plants 5-10cm tall. Leaves 1.5-4cm long, 2-3.5mm wide. Flowers white sepals 5-6mm long, lemon yellow or white lip ca. 5-6mm long, flowring in January to April (mainly in March to April). Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr. 1911 |
| Zeuxine strateumatica (Linnaeus) Schlechter | |
| Note | Common in Okinawa. |
| Lip petal of Zeuxine strateumatica (var. strateumatica) is devided into two. Lip petal of Zeuxine strateumatica forma rupicola is not devided, simply sharp. |
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