Epipactis gigantea

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'giant helleborine']

• English: Stream orchid, helleborine orchid
• български: гигантски дремник
• español: heleborina gigante
• Diné bizaad: Chʼał nineezí bidą́ą́ʼ
• русский: Дремлик гигантский

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Epipactis • Species: Epipactis gigantea Douglas ex Hook. (1839)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Limodorum giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671 (1891) Peramium giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) J.M.Coult., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 2: 424 (1894) Serapias gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 67 (1908) Helleborine gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) Druce, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 547 (1909) Amesia gigantea (Douglas ex Hook.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 472 (1913) Arthrochilium giganteum (Douglas ex Hook.) Szlach., Orchidee (Hamburg) 54: 588 (2003) Heterotypic synonyms Epipactis americana Lindl., Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 385 (1840) Epipactis pringlei Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 293 (1919 publ. 1920) Cephalanthera kokanica Regel ex Nevski in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 4: 622 (1935) Epipactis gigantea f. rubrifolia P.M.Br., N. Amer. Native Orchid J. 1: 287 (1995)

Images of the whole plant

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  Red Rock Canyon, NV
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  Calico Basin, NV
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  USA - Eastern Sierra

Flowers

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  USA - Eastern Sierra
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  Red Rock Canyon, NV
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  USA - Eastern Sierra
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  Red Rock Canyon, NV
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  Red Rock Canyon, NV
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Capsules (fruit)

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Botanical illustrations

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  Epipactis gigantea
  plate 7690 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 125,
  (1899)
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  Epipactis gigantea
  Mary Elizabeth Parsons:
  The wild flowers of California
  (1902)
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  Epipactis gigantea
  Fig. 366 page 715 in:
  D.S.Correll & H.B.Correll:
  Aquatic and wetland
  plants of southwestern
  United States
  (Orchidaceae)
  Washington (1972)

  
  

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Oklahoma, South Dakota. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: Western Canada British Columbia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Epipactis gigantea.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Epipactis gigantea