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Internal ID UUID644039b8f050b721593442
Scientific name Epipactis purpurata
Authority Sm.
First published in Engl. Fl. 4: 41 (1828)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Limodorum violaceum (Dur.-Duq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891)
Serapias sessilifolia A.A.Eaton Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21: 67 (1908)
Epipactis viridiflora var. pollinensis (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) Kreutz Kompend. Eur. Orchid. : 69 (2004)
Epipactis viridiflora subsp. pseudopurpurata (Mered'a) Kreutz Kompend. Eur. Orchid. : 69 (2004)
Epipactis viridiflora var. rosea (Erdner) Kreutz Kompend. Eur. Orchid. : 69 (2004)
Epipactis latifolia var. purpurata (Sm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 688. 1882
Serapias latifolia var. sylvestris Pers Syn. Pl. 2: 512 1807
Epipactis viridiflora subsp. halacsyi (Robatsch) H.Baumann & R.Lorenz J. Eur. Orch. 37: 943 (2005)
Epipactis viridiflora subsp. pollinensis (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) H.Baumann & R.Lorenz J. Eur. Orch. 37: 943 (2005)
Epipactis helleborine subsp. viridiflora (Hoffm.) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 92. 1949 (1949)
Epipactis purpurata var. pollinensis (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) P.Delforge Naturalistes Belges 87(Orchids. 19): 259 (2006)
Epipactis purpurata subsp. pollinensis (B.Baumann & H.Baumann) Kreutz Eurorchis 18: 94 (2006)
Epipactis purpurata subsp. pseudopurpurata (Mered'a) Kreutz Eurorchis 18: 94 (2006)
Epipactis purpurata var. rosea (Erdner) Kreutz Eurorchis 18: 94 (2006)
Epipactis latifolia subsp. varians (Crantz) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 284. 1890 (1890)
Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurata (Sm.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 284. 1890 (1890)
Epipactis latifolia var. brevifolia Irmisch Linnaea 16: 451 (1842)
Epipactis purpurata f. rosea (Erdner) P.Delforge Naturalistes Belges 88: 250 (2008)
Helleborine latifolia subsp. varians (Crantz) Graber Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 98: 194 1923 publ. 1924
Epipactis helleborine var. violacea (Dur.-Doq.) Rchb.f. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 13-14: 143 1851
Epipactis latifolia subsp. violacea (Dur.-Doq.) E.G.Camus Monogr. Orchid. 416 1908
Helleborine latifolia var. varians (Crantz) Graber Bull. Soc. Neuchateloise Sci. Nat. 48: 194 1924
Epipactis latifolia subsp. purpurea Celak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 765. 1881 (1881)
Epipactis latifolia var. purpurea (Celak.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 862 1907
Helleborine latifolia var. purpurea (Celak.) Schinz & Thell. Fl. Schweiz ed. 2: 75 1914
Epipactis latifolia var. varians (Crantz) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 693. 1864
Epipactis latifolia subsp. viridiflora (Hoffm.) E.G.Camus Monogr. Orchid. 415 1908
Epipactis rubiginosa var. stenopetala Waisb. Magyar Bot. Lapok 7: 44. 1908
Epipactis latifolia f. foliosa Leimbach ex Dichtl Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 1: 149 1883
Epipactis latifolia f. varians (Crantz) Dichtl Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 1: 149 1883
Epipactis viridans f. brevifolia (Irmisch) Zapal. Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 225 1906
Helleborine latifolia f. rosea (Erdner) Graber Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 98: 196 1923 publ. 1924
Helleborine latifolia subsp. viridiflora (Hoffm.) Graber Mitt. Bot. Mus. Univ. Zürich 98: 190. 1924 (1923 publ. 1924)
Epipactis purpurata f. chlorophylla (Seeland) P.Delforge Naturalistes Belges 90: 327 (2009)
Epipactis violacea f. chlorophylla Seeland Orchid. Hildesheim : 49 (1929)
Epipactis merediorum Batoušek J. Eur. Orch. 41: 508 (2009)
Epipactis halacsyi Robatsch Linzer Biol. Beitr. 22: 146 (1990)
Epipactis helleborine var. varians Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. , ed. 2, 2: 468 (1769)
Epipactis helleborine subsp. varians (Crantz) H.Sund. Europ. Medit. Orchid. , ed. 3: 41 (1980)
Epipactis latifolia var. violacea Dur.-Duq. Cat. Pl. Lisieux 102. 1846
Epipactis pollinensis B.Baumann & H.Baumann J. Eur. Orch. 32: 94 (2000)
Epipactis pseudopurpurata Mered'a Preslia 68: 27 (1996)
Epipactis sessilifolia Peterm. Flora 27: 370 (1844)
Epipactis varians Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2. 2(6): 468, 471. 1769
Epipactis violacea Boreau Fl. Centre France , ed. 3: 651 (1857)
Epipactis viridiflora (Hoffm.) Krock. Fl. Siles. 3: 41 (1814)
Helleborine purpurata Druce J. Bot. 47: 28 (1909)
Helleborine sessilifolia Druce Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1905: 48 (1905)
Helleborine varians (Crantz) O.Schwarz Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins , n.f., 43: 32 (1936)
Helleborine violacea Druce Dillen. Herb. 115 (1907).
Helleborine viridiflora Wheldon & Travis J. Bot. 51: 344 (1913)
Epipactis latifolia var. bracteis-longioribus Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 461 (1840)

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Language Common/alternative name
English violet helleborine
Spanish heleborina púrpura
Spanish heleborina purpura
Czech kruštík modrofialový
Welsh y galdrist ruddlas
Danish tætblomstret hullæbe
German violette stendelwurz
Finnish purppuraneidonvaippa
French Épipactis pourpre
French Épipactis violacé
Croatian ljubičasta kruščika
Upper Sorbian fijałkowy stawač
Hungarian ibolyás nőszőfű
Italian elleborina purpurea
lb roudelzeg harespelorchidee
Lithuanian trumpalapis skiautalūpis
Dutch paarse wespenorchis
Norwegian Nynorsk purpurflangre
Polish kruszczyk siny
Slovenian purpurna močvirnica
Swedish mångblommig knipprot
Ukrainian Коручка пурпурова

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Epipactis purpurata subsp. halacsyi (Robatsch) Kreutz Ber. Arbeitskreis. Heimische Orchid. 24(1): 160 (2007)
Epipactis purpurata subsp. purpurata Unknown
Epipactis purpurata subsp. rechingeri (Renz) Kreutz Eurorchis 18: 94 (2006)

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      • Denmark
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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000952234
Tropicos 23507490
INPN 96471
Flora of Italy 8238
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633313-1
The Plant List kew-70346
Open Tree Of Life 465057
Observations.org 156641
NCBI Taxonomy 858887
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000458456
IUCN Red List 175965
IPNI 633313-1
iNaturalist 140688
GBIF 5318906
Freebase /m/03c2ym9
EPPO EPPPU
EOL 1098348
Elurikkus 4581
Wikipedia Epipactis_purpurata

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Novel Tri-Segmented Rhabdoviruses: A Data Mining Expedition Unveils the Cryptic Diversity of Cytorhabdoviruses Bejerman N, Dietzgen R, Debat H Viruses 10-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10747219
doi:10.3390/v15122402
PMID:38140643
Orchidaceae in Puglia (Italy): Consistency, Distribution, and Conservation Turco A, Albano A, Medagli P, D’Emerico S, Wagensommer RP Plants (Basel) 05-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10255703
doi:10.3390/plants12112223
PMID:37299203
The Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Blepharoglossum elegans and B. grossum and Comparative Analysis with Related Species (Orchidaceae, Malaxideae) Yang W, Wu K, Fang L, Zeng S, Li L Genes (Basel) 11-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10218147
doi:10.3390/genes14051069
PMID:37239429
Epipactis bucegensis—A Separate Autogamous Species within the E. helleborine Alliance Anghelescu NE, Balogh M, Balogh L, Kigyossy N, Georgescu MI, Petra SA, Toma F, Peticilă AG Plants (Basel) 25-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10180920
doi:10.3390/plants12091761
PMID:37176819
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
The Epipactis helleborine Group (Orchidaceae): An Overview of Recent Taxonomic Changes, with an Updated List of Currently Accepted Taxa Łobas Z, Khapugin A, Żołubak E, Jakubska-Busse A Plants (Basel) 04-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8469704
doi:10.3390/plants10091839
PMID:34579372
Proteomics‐based identification of orchid-associated bacteria colonizing the Epipactis albensis, E. helleborine and E. purpurata (Orchidaceae, Neottieae) Jakubska-Busse A, Kędziora A, Cieniuch G, Korzeniowska-Kowal A, Bugla-Płoskońska G Saudi J Biol Sci 20-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8241612
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.002
PMID:34220261
Genome Size Diversity in Rare, Endangered, and Protected Orchids in Poland Rewers M, Jedrzejczyk I, Rewicz A, Jakubska-Busse A Genes (Basel) 13-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8070121
doi:10.3390/genes12040563
PMID:33924526
Iterative allogamy–autogamy transitions drive actual and incipient speciation during the ongoing evolutionary radiation within the orchid genus Epipactis (Orchidaceae) Sramkó G, Paun O, Brandrud MK, Laczkó L, Molnár A V, Bateman RM Ann Bot 22-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6798847
doi:10.1093/aob/mcz103
PMID:31231754
Phalaenopsis pollinia storage at sub-zero temperature and its pollen viability assessment Yuan SC, Chin SW, Lee CY, Chen FC Bot Stud 03-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5752644
doi:10.1186/s40529-017-0218-2
PMID:29299696
Leaf arrangements are invalid in the taxonomy of orchid species Jakubska-Busse A, Żołubak E, Łobas Z, Gola EM PeerJ 21-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5522722
doi:10.7717/peerj.3609
PMID:28740760
You are what you get from your fungi: nitrogen stable isotope patterns in Epipactis species Schiebold JM, Bidartondo MI, Karasch P, Gravendeel B, Gebauer G Ann Bot 22-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5604585
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw265
PMID:28334113
Phylogenetic Placement and Taxonomy of the Genus Hederorkis (Orchidaceae) Mytnik-Ejsmont J, Szlachetko DL, Baranow P, Jolliffe K, Górniak M PLoS One 22-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4406746
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0122306
PMID:25902058
Microbial diversity in the floral nectar of seven Epipactis (Orchidaceae) species Jacquemyn H, Lenaerts M, Tyteca D, Lievens B Microbiologyopen 08-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC3948608
doi:10.1002/mbo3.103
PMID:23836678
Smells like aphids: orchid flowers mimic aphid alarm pheromones to attract hoverflies for pollination Stökl J, Brodmann J, Dafni A, Ayasse M, Hansson BS Proc Biol Sci 13-Oct-2010
PMCID:PMC3049078
doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1770
PMID:20943694

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