Liparis kumokiri




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae
Scientific Name Liparis kumokiri F. Maekawa
Synonyms Liparis auriculata Blume var. kumokiri (F. Maekawa) Hiroe
Common Name (Japanese common name) kumo-kiri-sou (クモキリソウ, 雲切草 or 雲霧草 [meaning: cloud cutting weed or cloud and mist weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Leaves 5-15cm long, 2.5-10cm wide. Scapes electing 15-30cm tall. Flowers green, 5-26, lip ca. 5mm wide, flowering in June to July. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Liparis kumokiri F. Maek.
Liparis kumokiri
Liparis campylostalix Rchb. f.
Liparis campylostalix Rchb. f.
Phylogeny and comparative seed morphology of epiphytic and terrestrial species of Liparis (Orchidaceae) in Japan
Note Rare species.
Some authors have described that Liparis kumokiri F. Maekawa is a synonym of Liparis campylostalix Reichenbach f. which occurs in China and Taiwan.
Liparis kumokiri F. Maekawa is not a synonym of Liparis japonica (Miquel) Maximovicz (syn. Liparis elongata Fukuyama; Liparis pauciflora Rolfe; Liparis giraldiana Kränzlin ex Diels).



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