Epipactis

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Epipactis']

• English: Helleborine
• العربية: أفيبقطس
• مصرى: افيبقطس
• azərbaycanca: Mürgəkotu
• башҡортса: Баҙыҡай
• беларуская: Гайнік
• български: Дремник
• čeština: kruštík
• dansk: Hullæbe
• Deutsch: Stendelwurzen
• español: Orquídea Heleborina
• eesti: Neiuvaip
• فارسی: خربقی
• suomi: Neidonvaipat
• français: Épipactis
• hrvatski: Kruščika
• hornjoserbsce: Stawač
• magyar: Nőszőfű
• italiano: Elleborine
• 日本語: カキラン属
• қазақша: Жылантамыр
• перем коми: Эпипактис
• коми: Эпипактис
• lietuvių: Skiautalūpis
• latviešu: dzeguzenes
• мокшень: Эпипактис
• кырык мары: Эпипактис
• norsk bokmål: flangre
• Nederlands: Wespenorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Flangreslekta
• polski: kruszczyk
• русский: Дремлик
• slovenčina: kruštík
• svenska: Knipprötter
• татарча / tatarça: Шөпшә күкеяше
• удмурт: Эпипактис
• українська: Коручка
• Tiếng Việt: Amesia
• 中文: 火烧兰属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 火烧兰属
• 中文（简体）: 火烧兰属
• 中文（繁體）: 火燒蘭屬
• 中文（香港）: 火燒蘭屬
• 中文（新加坡）: 火烧兰属
• 中文（臺灣）: 火燒蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Epipactis Zinn (1757)

Genus Epipactis Zinn (1757)

Synonyms

Basionym Limodorum Ludw. ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 671. (1891) Heterotypic synonyms Helleborine Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 (1754) Limonias Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 147 (1789) Arthrochilium (Irmisch) Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 212 (1890) Calliphyllon Bubani, Fl. Pyren. 4: 56 (1901) Amesia A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 56: 472 (1913) Parapactis W.Zimm., Mitt. Bad. Landesvereins Naturk., n.f., 1: 232 (1922)

51 Species

Type species Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz. (1769)

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  Epipactis albensis

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  Epipactis atrorubens

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  Epipactis autumnalis

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  Epipactis distans

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  Epipactis dunensis

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  Epipactis exilis

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  Epipactis gigantea

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  Epipactis greuteri

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  Epipactis helleborine
  Type species

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  Epipactis ioessa

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  Epipactis leptochila

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  Epipactis mairei

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  Epipactis meridionalis

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  Epipactis microphylla

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  Epipactis muelleri

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  Epipactis neglecta

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  Epipactis palustris

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  Epipactis papillosa

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  Epipactis phyllanthes

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  Epipactis placentina

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  Epipactis pontica

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  Epipactis purpurata

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  Epipactis savelliana

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  Epipactis thunbergii

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  Epipactis tallosii
  subsp. zaupolensis

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  Epipactis tremolsii

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  Epipactis veratrifolia

21 Nothospecies

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  Epipactis × reinekei

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  Epipactis × schmalhausenii

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  Epipactis × schulzei

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Somalia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Gulf States,Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Northern America Western Canada British Columbia. Eastern Canada (introduced) New Brunswick (introduced), Newfoundland (introduced), Ontario (introduced), Québec (introduced). Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. (introduced) Illinois (introduced), Minnesota (introduced), Missouri (introduced), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin (introduced). Northeastern U.S.A. (introduced) Connecticut (introduced), Indiana (introduced), Maine (introduced), Massachusetts (introduced), Michigan (introduced), New Hampshire (introduced), New Jersey (introduced), New York (introduced), Ohio (introduced), Pennsylvania (introduced), Rhode Islands (introduced), Vermont (introduced), West Virginia (introduced). Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. (introduced) Arkansas (introduced), Kentucky (introduced), Maryland (introduced), North Carolina (introduced), Tennessee (introduced), Virginia (introduced). Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Epipactis.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Epipactis