Epipogium roseum

Family	Orchidaceae
Scientific name	Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindley
Synonyms	Ceratopsis rosea Lindley; Epipogium africanus Schlechter; Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & S. Suzuki; Epipogium guilfoylii F. Müller; Epipogium kassnerianum Kränzlin; Epipogium kusukusense (Hayata) Schlechter; Epipogon makinoanus Schlechter; Epipogium nutans (Blume) Reichenbach f.; Epipogium nutans (Blume) Reichenbach f. var. celebicus Schlechter; Epipogium pooneranthum Fukuyama; Epipogium rolfei (Hayata) Schlechter; Epipogium sessanum S. N. Hegde & A. N. Rao; Epipogium sinicum C. L. Tso; Epipogium tuberosum Duthie; Galera kusukusensis Hayata; Galera nutans Blume; Galera rolfei Hayata; Galera rosea (D. Don) Blume; Gastrodia schinziana Kränzlin; Limodorum roseum D. Don; Stereosandra schinziana (Kränzlin) Garay
Common name	(Japanese common name) tashiro-ran （タシロラン, 田代蘭 [Mr. Tashiro's orchid]）
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Australia, iji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Myanamar, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire, Kenya, Uganda, Angola, Malawi
Chromosomal number	2n=68
Description	Scapes electing 25-50cm tall. Flowers white ca. 1-2cm, flowering in May to July. Terrestrial. Mycorrhizae plants.
Reference	Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl. 1857
	Epipogium roseum (D. Don) Lindl.
	Epipogium aphyllum
	Developmental processes of achlorophyllous orchid, Epipogium roseum : from seed germination to flowering under symbiotic cultivation with mycorrhizal fungus

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