Cephalanthera falcata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cephalanthera falcata']

• مصرى: سيفالانثيرا فالكاتا
• 日本語: キンラン
• 한국어: 금난초
• 中文: 金兰, 吉丁虫
• 中文（简体）: 金兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Cephalanthera • Species: Cephalanthera falcata (Thunb.) Blume (1859)

Synonyms

Basionym Serapias falcata Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 816 (1784) Homotypic synonyms Cymbidium falcatum (Thunb.) Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2): 226 (1800) Epipactis falcata (Thunb.) Sw., Neues J. Bot. 1: 66 (1805) Pelexia falcata (Thunb.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 704 (1826) Limodorum falcatum (Thunb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Pelexia japonica Spreng., Syst. Veg. 3: 704 (1826) Cephalanthera platycheila Rchb.f., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 335 (1845) Cephalanthera japonica A.Gray in M.C.Perry, Narr. Exped. China Japan 2: 319 (1857) Cephalanthera raymondiae Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 342 (1922) Cephalanthera bijiangensis S.C.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 472 (1987) Cephalanthera falcata var. flava X.H.Jin & S.C.Chen, Native Orchids Gaoligongshan Mountain: 140 (2009)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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Buds

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Leaves

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea.

References

Description of taxon

• Blume, C.L. von (1859) Flora Javae 187, pl. 68, f. 1.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 496 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cephalanthera falcata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cephalanthera falcata
• eMonocot link: Cephalanthera falcata
• Tropicos link: Cephalanthera falcata
• International Plant Names Index link: Cephalanthera falcata
• The Plant List link: Cephalanthera falcata