Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz

Kubentayev, Serik A., Efimov, Petr G., Alibekov, Daniyar T., Kupriyanov, Andrey N., Izbastina, Klara S., Khalymbetova, Aizhan E. & Perezhogin, Yuri V., 2023, Review of Orchidaceae of the northern part of Kazakhstan, PhytoKeys 229, pp. 185-213 : 185

Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz

Distribution in adjacent reg.

Russia (European Russia, Ural, Siberia), Kazakhstan (Altai, Western Tien Shan).

Specimens examined.

?Mugodzhary:? Aktobe Region:?Mugalzhar District: Mugodzhar Mts [without detailed locality] (Kusnetsov and Pavlov 1958; Aipeisova 2013).

Habitat and ecology.

In mixed and deciduous shady forests, at the forest edges.

Phenology.

Flowering in Jun-Jul; fruiting in Aug-Sep.

Conservation status.

Not protected. It requires protection at the regional level.

Notes.

We did not find any herbarium collections of E. helleborine from the studied region and the existing literature reports require confirmation. However, this species is known to be common in mountainous areas of southern and eastern Kazakhstan ( Kuznetsov and Pavlov 1958), which are not included in the current revision.