Habenaria dentata




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae
Subtribe Orchidinae
Scientific name Habenaria dentata (Swartz) Schlechter
Synonyms Habenaria dentata (Swartz) Schlechter forma ecalcarata (King & Pantling) Tuyama; Habenaria dentata (Swartz) Schlechter subsp. ecalcarata (King & Pantling) Panigrahi & Murti; Habenaria dentata (Swartz) Schlechter var. tohoensis (Hayata) S. S. Ying; Habenaria finetiana Schlechter; Habenaria geniculata D. Don; Habenaria geniculata D. Don var. ecalcarata King & Pantling; Habenaria miersiana Champion ex Bentham; Habenaria miersiana Champion ex Bentham var. yunnanensis Finet; Habenaria sieboldiana Miquel; Habenaria tienensis Tang & F. T. Wang; Habenaria tohoensis Hayata; Orchis dentata Swartz; Orchis geniculata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; Plantaginorchis dentata (Swartz) Szlachetko; Plantaginorchis finetiana (Schlechter) Szlachetko; Platanthera dentata (Swartz) Lindley; Platanthera geniculata (D. Don) Lindley
Common name (Japanese common name) dai-sagi-so (ダイサギソウ, 大鷺草 [meaning: large heron grass])
(Chinese common name) e mao yu feng hua (鵝毛玉鳳花)
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region, Pacific Ocean side), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, India
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=64
Description Plants 30-60cm tall. Leaves 8-15cm long, 1.5-4cm wide. Flowers white, sepals ca. 1cm long, spurs ca. 3cm long, flowering in August to October. Trrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Habenaria dentata (Swartz) Schlechter
Habenaria dentata (Sw.) Schltr.
Habenaria dentata [Sw.] Schlechter 1919
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