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Scientific name Epipogium roseum
Authority Lindl.
First published in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 177 (1857)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Limodorum roseum D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 30 (1825)
Podanthera pallida Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851)
Stereosandra schinziana (Kraenzl.) Garay Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 13: 32 (1954)
Ceratopsis rosea Lindl. Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 384 (1840)
Epipogium africanus Schltr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 399. 1911 (1911)
Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & Shig.Suzuki Sci. Rep. Yokosuka City Mus. 6: 28 (1961)
Epipogium guilfoylii F.Muell. Fragm. 8: 30 (1873)
Epipogium indicum H.J.Chowdhery, G.D.Pal & G.S.Giri Nordic J. Bot. 13: 419 (1993)
Epipogium kassnerianum Kraenzl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 370. 1914 (1914)
Epipogium kusukusense (Hayata) Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 153. 1919 (1919)
Epipogium makinoanum Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 153. 1919 (1919)
Epipogium nutans Rchb.f. Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 36 (1857)
Epipogium nutans var. celebicus Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 5. 1911
Epipogium poneranthum Fukuy. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 32: 243 (1942)
Epipogium rolfei (Hayata) Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 5. 1911 (1911)
Epipogium sessanum S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 3: 598 (1982)
Epipogium sinicum Tso Sunyatsenia 1: 132 (1933)
Epipogium tuberosum Duthie Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 9(2): 151 (1906)
Galera kusukusensis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 4: 121 (1914)
Galera nutans Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 415 (1825)
Galera rolfei Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 348 (1911)
Galera rosea Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 188 (1856)
Gastrodia schinziana Kraenzl. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 66 (1929)

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Language Common/alternative name
English ghost orchid
Japanese タシロラン
Thai 虎舌兰
Chinese 高士佛上鬚蘭
Chinese 虎舌兰

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
      • Tibet
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
      • Solomon Islands

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000952351
Tropicos 23500316
INPN 671305
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:633406-1
The Plant List kew-70459
Open Tree Of Life 182386
NCBI Taxonomy 556037
IPNI 633406-1
iNaturalist 534399
GBIF 2849262
EOL 1104307
Wikipedia Epipogium_roseum

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Relictithismia kimotsukiensis, a new genus and species of Thismiaceae from southern Japan with discussions on its phylogenetic relationship Suetsugu K, Nakamura Y, Nakano T, Tagane S J Plant Res 29-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC11082003
doi:10.1007/s10265-024-01532-5
PMID:38421521
Organelle Genomes of Epipogium roseum Provide Insight into the Evolution of Mycoheterotrophic Orchids Zhao Z, Li Y, Zhai JW, Liu ZJ, Li MH Int J Mol Sci 27-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10855806
doi:10.3390/ijms25031578
PMID:38338856
Characterization of Angraecum (Angraecinae, Orchidaceae) Plastomes and Utility of Sequence Variability Hotspots Zhou CY, Lin WJ, Li R, Wu Y, Liu ZJ, Li MH Int J Mol Sci 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10779182
doi:10.3390/ijms25010184
PMID:38203355
Comparative and phylogenetic analysis of Chiloschista (Orchidaceae) species and DNA barcoding investigation based on plastid genomes Liu DK, Zhou CY, Tu XD, Zhao Z, Chen JL, Gao XY, Xu SW, Zeng MY, Ma L, Ahmad S, Li MH, Lan S, Liu ZJ BMC Genomics 06-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10702055
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09847-8
PMID:38057701
The orchid seed coat: a developmental and functional perspective Lee YI, Yeung EC Bot Stud 27-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10533777
doi:10.1186/s40529-023-00400-0
PMID:37755558
Characteristics and Comparative Analysis of Seven Complete Plastomes of Trichoglottis s.l. (Aeridinae, Orchidaceae) Zhou CY, Zeng MY, Gao X, Zhao Z, Li R, Wu Y, Liu ZJ, Zhang D, Li MH Int J Mol Sci 26-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10572978
doi:10.3390/ijms241914544
PMID:37833995
Comparative Phylogenetic Analysis for Aerides (Aeridinae, Orchidaceae) Based on Six Complete Plastid Genomes Chen J, Wang F, Zhou C, Ahmad S, Zhou Y, Li M, Liu Z, Peng D Int J Mol Sci 05-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10420012
doi:10.3390/ijms241512473
PMID:37569853
Ancient Horizontal Gene Transfers from Plastome to Mitogenome of a Nonphotosynthetic Orchid, Gastrodia pubilabiata (Epidendroideae, Orchidaceae) Kim YK, Jo S, Cheon SH, Hong JR, Kim KJ Int J Mol Sci 14-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10380568
doi:10.3390/ijms241411448
PMID:37511216
Evolutionary differences in gene loss and pseudogenization among mycoheterotrophic orchids in the tribe Vanilleae (subfamily Vanilloideae) Zhou L, Chen T, Qiu X, Liu J, Guo S Front Plant Sci 22-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10073425
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1160446
PMID:37035052
The extremely reduced, diverged and reconfigured plastomes of the largest mycoheterotrophic orchid lineage Wen Y, Qin Y, Shao B, Li J, Ma C, Liu Y, Yang B, Jin X BMC Plant Biol 20-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9487142
doi:10.1186/s12870-022-03836-x
PMID:36123622
The Genomic Impact of Mycoheterotrophy in Orchids Jąkalski M, Minasiewicz J, Caius J, May M, Selosse MA, Delannoy E Front Plant Sci 09-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8220222
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.632033
PMID:34177974
Fungal diversity driven by bark features affects phorophyte preference in epiphytic orchids from southern China Pecoraro L, Rasmussen HN, Gomes SI, Wang X, Merckx VS, Cai L, Rasmussen FN Sci Rep 28-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8163780
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90877-1
PMID:34050223
Comparative Analysis of Plastid Genomes in the Non-photosynthetic Genus Thismia Reveals Ongoing Gene Set Reduction Yudina SV, Schelkunov MI, Nauheimer L, Crayn D, Chantanaorrapint S, Hroneš M, Sochor M, Dančák M, Mar SS, Luu HT, Nuraliev MS, Logacheva MD Front Plant Sci 16-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8009136
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.602598
PMID:33796122
Evolutionary histories and mycorrhizal associations of mycoheterotrophic plants dependent on saprotrophic fungi Ogura-Tsujita Y, Yukawa T, Kinoshita A J Plant Res 08-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7817554
doi:10.1007/s10265-020-01244-6
PMID:33417080
Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analyses Indicate Metabolic Changes and Reduced Defense Responses in Mycorrhizal Roots of Oeceoclades maculata (Orchidaceae) Collected in Nature Valadares RB, Perotto S, Lucheta AR, Santos EC, Oliveira RM, Lambais MR J Fungi (Basel) 26-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7558880
doi:10.3390/jof6030148
PMID:32858792

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