Herminium lanceum (Thunberg ex Swartz) J. Vuijk

Herminium lanceum

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Orchidoideae
Tribe	Orchideae
Subtribe	Orchidinae
Scientific name	Herminium lanceum (Thunberg ex Swartz) J. Vuijk
Synonyms	Aceras angustifolium Lindley; Aceras lanceum (Thunberg ex Swartz) Steudel; Aceras longicruris C. Wright ex A. Gray; Herminium altigenum Schlechter; Herminium angustifolium (Lindley) Bentham ex C. B. Clarke; Herminium angustifolium (Lindley) Benthan ex C. B. Clarke var. longicrure (C. Wright ex A. Gray) Makino; Herminium lanceum (Thunberg ex Swartz) J. Vuijk var. longicrure (C. Wright ex A. Gray) H. Hara; Herminium longicrure (C. Wright ex A. Gray) Ts. Tang & F. T. Wang; Herminium minutiflorum Schlechter; Herminium stenostachyum Tang & F. T. Wang; Monorchis angustifolia (Lindley) O. Schwarz; Monorchis minutiflora (Schlechter) O. Schwarz; Ophrys lancea Thunberg ex Swartz; Platanthera angustifolia (Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Satyrium lanceum (Thunberg ex Swartz) Persoon; Spiranthes lancea (Thunberg ex Swartz) Backer, Bakhuizen & Steenis
Common name	(Japanese common name) mukago-sou (ムカゴソウ, 零余子草 [meaning: Propagule weed])
Common name	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
Distribution	(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Pakistan
Habitat	Wet field
Chromosomal number	2n=72
Description	Plants 20-45cm tall. Leaves 3-5, each 8-20cm long, 5-10mm wide. Flowers pale green, lip petals ca. 6-8mm long, flowerting in June to August (March to June in Okinawa). Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference	Herminium lanceum (Thunb. ex Sw.) Vuikj. 1961
	Herminium lanceum (Thunb. ex Sw.) Vuijk
	Herminium lanceum (Thunb. ex Sw.) Vuijk
	Molecular phylogenetics of Diseae (Orchidaceae): a contribution from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences
	Cytological studies on some representative species of the tribe Orchideae (Orchidaceae) from China


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