Neottia ovata

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Neottia ovata']

• English: Common twayblade
• مصرى: ليستيرا اوفاتا
• asturianu: Listera ovata
• беларуская: Тайнік яйцападобны
• български: Овален тайник
• corsu: Listera ovata
• čeština: bradáček vejčitý
• Cymraeg: Caineirian
• dansk: Ægbladet fliglæbe
• Deutsch: Großes Zweiblatt
• Ελληνικά: Πράσινο Κρινάκι
• español: Listera ovata
• eesti: Suur käopõll
• فارسی: دوبرگی
• suomi: soikkokaksikko
• français: Listère à feuilles ovales
• Gaeilge: Dédhuilleog
• galego: Herba das dúas follas
• hrvatski: Jajoliki čopotac
• hornjoserbsce: Wulka dwěnka
• magyar: Békakonty
• հայերեն: Երկտերևի ձվաձև
• italiano: Listera maggiore
• 日本語: ネオティア・オバタ
• Lëtzebuergesch: Grousst Zweeblat
• lietuvių: Kiaušininė dviguonė
• latviešu: Ovālā divlape
• norsk bokmål: Stortveblad
• Nederlands: Grote keverorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Stortviblad
• norsk: Stortveblad
• polski: Listera jajowata
• русский: Тайник яйцевидный
• slovenčina: bradáčik vajcovitolistý
• svenska: Tvåblad
• Türkçe: Yumurta yapraklı orkide
• українська: Зозулині сльози яйцеподібні
• 中文: 欧洲对叶兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Neottieae • Genus: Neottia • Species: Neottia ovata (L.) Bluff & Fingerh. (1838)

Synonyms

Basionym Ophrys ovata L., Sp. Pl.: 946 (1753) Homotypic synonyms Epipactis ovata (L.) Crantz, Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2, 2: 473 (1769) Helleborine ovata (L.) F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. 1: 80 (1793) Malaxis ovata (L.) Bernh., Syst. Verz.: 315 (1800) Listera ovata (L.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 201 (1813) Serapias ovata (L.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 766 (1821) Distomaea ovata (L.) Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 1: 246 (1825) Pollinirhiza ovata (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 120 (1867) Diphryllum ovatum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 659 (1891) Bifolium ovatum (L.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 129 (1913) Heterotypic synonyms Ophrys bifolia Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 516 (1779) Epipactis ovalifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 302 (1812) Neottia latifolia Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 37 (1817) Listera multinervia Peterm., Flora 27: 369 (1844) Listera ovata lusus alternifolia Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 446 (1846) Listera ovata f. brachyglossa Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 446 (1846) Listera ovata f. multinervia (Peterm.) Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 446 (1846) Listera ovata f. platyglossa Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 446 (1846) Listera ovata var. trifoliata Cariot & St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., ed. 8, 2: 811 (1889) Listera ovata f. elliptica Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 230 (1906) Listera ovata f. gracilis Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 230 (1906) Listera ovata f. minima Zapal., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 230 (1906) Listera ovata f. parvifolia Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 889 (1907) Listera ovata lusus trifoliata (Cariot & St.-Lag.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 889 (1907) Listera ovata lusus quadrifoliata W.Zimm., Form. Orch. Deut.: 86 (1912) Listera ovata f. densiflora W.Zimm., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 23: 11 (1917)

Images of the whole plant

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  Neottia ovata
  Scotland - East Lothian
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  Orchis militaris, Neottia ovata, Platanthera spec.
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Hohenlohe
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  Neottia ovata
  plants with 3 leaves
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Taubergrund
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata (right)
  Epipactis helleborine
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Münster
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  Neottia ovata
  France -Pas-de-Calais
  Riez de Boffles
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Zeutern
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Stattmatten
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Gambsheim
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Belle-Île-en-Mer
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Fort-Louis
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Hinterzarten
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Beinheim
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Kreuzeck
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Wank
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Mont d'Or (Doubs)

Inflorescences

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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Hinterzarten
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Karlsruhe

Flowers

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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Estonia
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  Neottia ovata
  France -Pas-de-Calais
  Riez de Boffles
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Virngrund
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  Neottia ovata
  Italy - Col di Roanza
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Italy - Col di Roanza
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Forchheim (bei Karlsruhe)
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Karlsruhe
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  Neottia ovata
  Belgien

Buds

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  Neottia ovata
  Lithuania
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
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  Neottia ovata
  Lithuania
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Saarland
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  Neottia ovata
  Italy - Col di Roanza
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Rheinwald bei Karlsruhe
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  Neottia ovata
  France - Drusenheim

Leaves

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  Neottia ovata
  Italy - Col di Roanza
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  Neottia ovata

Natural habitats

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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Heimsheim
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  Neottia ovata
  Germany - Neumalsch

Botanical illustrations

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  Neottia ovata
  vol. 4 - plate 19 in:
  Jacob Sturm:
  Deutschlands Flora
  in Abbildungen
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1796)
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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Ophrys ovata)
  plate 79 in:
  Flora Batava
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 1,
  (1800)
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  Neottia ovata
  Oxycera morrisii
  Folio 441 in:
  John Curtis
  British Entomology
  vol. 8
  (1824-1840)
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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  plate 156 B in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz
  (Orchidaceae),
  Gera (1885)
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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  plate 338 B in:
  A. Masclef:
  Atlas des plantes
  de France
  (Orchidaceae)
  Paris (1891)
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  Neottia ovata
  Jajčastolistni muhovnik
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  plate 459 in:
  Martin Cilenšek:
  Naše škodljive rastline
  (Orchidaceae)
  Celovec (1892)
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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  plate 27 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  Tafel 44 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Neottia ovata
  (as syn.
  Listera ovata)
  plate 411 in:
  C.A.M Lindman:
  Bilder ur Nordens Flora
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1917-1927)

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Middle Asia Kirgizistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Turkey. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Continental: Europe Regional: Eastern Europe Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Krym, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Neottia ovata.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Neottia ovata