J Syst Evol ›› 2002, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 449-452.

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Critical notes on the genus Epipogium (Orchidaceae)

LUO Yi-Bo, CHEN Sing-Chi   

  1. Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Published:2002-09-10

Abstract: The differences between Epipogium japonicum Makino and E. roseum (D. Don) Lindl. are discussed based on a specimen recently collected from western Sichuan. The plants from western Sichuan formerly identified as E. roseum are truly E. japonicum. This species is disjunctively distributed in Japan, alpine region of western Sichuan and Taiwan of China.

Key words: Epipogium japonicum, E. roseum, New records