Epipogium
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Epipogium is a genus
of 3 species of terrestrial achlorophyllous
myco-heterotrophic orchids. The genus is sympodial
with no root. Leaves are scale-like. Flowers are non-resupinate, arranged in terminal raceme
s. Stigmas are 2-lobed and the rostellum
is ventrally situated and not prominent.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of 3 species of terrestrial achlorophyllous
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in almost all plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from the Greek words χλωρος, chloros and φύλλον, phyllon . Chlorophyll is an extremely important biomolecule, critical in photosynthesis, which allows plants to obtain energy from light...
myco-heterotrophic orchids. The genus is sympodial
Sympodial
Sympodial means "with conjoined feet", and in biology is often used to refer to the outward morphology or mode of growth of organisms.-In botany:...
with no root. Leaves are scale-like. Flowers are non-resupinate, arranged in terminal raceme
Raceme
A raceme is a type of inflorescence that is unbranched and indeterminate and bears pedicellate flowers — flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels — along the axis. In botany, axis means a shoot, in this case one bearing the flowers. In a raceme, the oldest flowers are borne...
s. Stigmas are 2-lobed and the rostellum
Rostellum
The rostellum is a projecting part of the column in Orchidaceae flowers, and separates the male stamen from the female gynoecium, commonly preventing self-fertilisation...
is ventrally situated and not prominent.
List of species
- Epipogium aphyllumEpipogium aphyllumThe Ghost Orchid - not to be confused with the American Ghost Orchid - is a myco-heterotrophic orchid lacking chlorophyll....
Swartz 1814 - Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & S.Suzuki
- Epipogium gmelinii Rich.
- Epipogium guilfoylei Benth.
- Epipogium indicum H.J.Chowdhery, G.D.Pal & G.S.Giri
- Epipogium japonicum Makino
- Epipogium nutans Rchb.f.
- Epipogium poneranthum Fukuy.
- Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl.John LindleyJohn Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
(1857) - Epipogium sessanum S.N.Hegde & A.N.Rao
- Epipogium sinicum Tso
- Epipogium tuberosum Duthie