Epipogium japonicum Makino (1904: 131)

Raskoti, Bhakta Bahadur, 2015, A new species of Gastrochilus and new records for the orchids of Nepal, Phytotaxa 233 (2), pp. 179-184 : 182

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.233.2.5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13633333
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F19C0C-FFBE-D048-FF40-442AF101F8D2
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scientific name	Epipogium japonicum Makino (1904: 131)
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Epipogium japonicum Makino (1904: 131) View in CoL

NEPAL. Central Nepal: Kaski district, Kuldi, 2,300 m, Raskoti 001267 ( KATH).

Habitat: Terrestrial on the bank of an ephemeral stream in humus-rich places.

Flowering time: September

Distribution: China, Japan, Nepal, Taiwan

Note: Specimens collected from Nepal are slightly different from description of Epipogium japonicum in the protologue having lateral sepals falcate; smaller than the dorsal sepal, petals ovate, column very short, 3 mm long (vs. ca. 8 mm), pollinia globose (vs. ovoid).