Listera nipponica




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Neottieae
Subtribe Listerinae (also placed in Neottinae)
Scientific name Listera nipponica Makino
Synonyms Listera brevidens Nevski; Listera cordata (L.) R. Brown var. nipponica (Makino) Hiroe; Listera nipponica Makino forma albovariegata Masamune & Satomi; Listera nipponica Makino forma viridis Masamune & Satomi; Listera smallii Wiegand var. nipponica (Makino) T. Hashimoto; Neottia nipponica (Makino) Szlachetko; Ophrys nipponica Makino
Common name (Japanese common name) miyama futaba-ran (ミヤマフタバラン, 深山二葉蘭 [meaning: high mountain twin-leave orchid])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Kinki region), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Far East)
Habitat Subalpine needleleaf tree forest
Chromosomal number 2n=34, 36, 38
Description Stems 10-25cm tall. Leaves 1-2.5cm long, 1-2.5cm wide. Flowers pale purple or green, sepals 3-4mm long, lips ca. 6mm long, flowerting in June to August. Seeds ca. 6mm long. Terrestrial. Saprophytes.
Reference Listera nipponica (Makino) Makino
Chromosome numbers of the family Orchidaceae in Japan (4) (A. NATURAL SCIENCE)
Forest succession in the subalpine region of Mt. Fuji, Japan



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July 2009
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at Mt. Fuji
July 2009
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July 2009
at Mt. Fuji