Epipogium aphyllum

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Epipogium aphyllum']

• English: Ghost orchid
• беларуская: Надбароднік бязлісты
• беларуская (тарашкевіца): Надбароднік бязьлісьцевы
• български: Призрачна орхидея
• čeština: sklenobýl bezlistý
• Cymraeg: Y galdrist rithiol
• Deutsch: Blattloser Widerbart
• eesti: Lehitu pisikäpp
• suomi: Metsänemä, korallimetsänemä
• français: Épipogon sans feuilles
• hrvatski: Bezlisni nadbradac
• hornjoserbsce: Bjezłopjenata njebródka
• magyar: Levéltelen bajuszvirág
• հայերեն: Էպիպոգիում անտերև
• italiano: Epipogio
• қазақша: Жапырақсыз орашық
• Lëtzebuergesch: Ouniblat-Geeschterorchidee
• lietuvių: Belapė antabarzdė
• norsk bokmål: Huldreblomst
• Nederlands: Spookorchis
• norsk nynorsk: Huldreblom
• norsk: Huldreblom
• ирон: Зылындидин
• polski: Storzan bezlistny
• русский: Надбородник безлистный
• svenska: Skogsfru
• ไทย: กล้วยไม้ผียูเรเชีย
• українська: Надбородник безлистий
• 中文: 裂唇虎舌兰, 無葉上鬚蘭, 昙花茎
• 中文（中国大陆）: 裂唇虎舌兰
• 中文（简体）: 裂唇虎舌兰, 无叶上须兰
• 中文（臺灣）: 無葉上鬚蘭

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Nervilieae • Subtribus: Epipogiinae • Genus: Epipogium • Species: Epipogium aphyllum Sw. (1814)

Synonyms

Basionym Orchis aphylla F.W.Schmidt, Samml. Phys. Aufzätze Böhm. Naturgesch. 1: 240 (1791) Homotypic synonyms Satyrium epipogium L., Sp. Pl.: 945 (1753) Epipactis epipogium (L.) All., Auct. Fl. Pedem.: 32 (1789) Limodorum epipogium (L.) Sw., Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 80 (1799) Serapias epigogium (L.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot.: 766 (1821) Epipogium epipogium (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 455 (1881) Heterotypic synonyms Epipogium gmelinii Rich., De Orchid. Eur.: 36 (1817) Epipogium generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 4: 10 (1905) Epipogium aphyllum var. stenochilum Hand.-Mazz., Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 3(Dec.): 8 (1925) Epipogium aphyllum f. albiflorum Y.N.Lee & K.S.Lee, Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 4: 5 (2004)

Type species

Natural habitats

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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Germany - Baar
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  habitat
  Germany - Bad Reichenhall
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  habitat
  Germany - Bad Reichenhall

Images of the whole plant

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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Estland - Jõhvi Parish
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
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  Epipogium aphyllum

Flowers

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  Epipogium aphyllum
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  Epipogium aphyllum
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Estland - Jõhvi Parish
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  France - Luchon
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Epipogium aphyllum
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Germany Bad Reichenhall
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Germany - Hüfingen
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Estland - Alutagus
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  Luxembourg
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  flower-detail

Botanical illustrations

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  Epipogium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Epipogon generalis)
  vol. 4 - plate 16 in:
  Jacob Sturm:
  Deutschlands Flora
  in Abbildungen
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1796)
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Epipogium gmelinii)
  plate 4821 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 80,
  (1854)
• 
  Epipogium aphyllum
  plate 150 B in:
  Otto Wilhelm Thomé:
  Flora von Deutschland, Österreich u.d. Schweiz
  (Orchidaceae),
  Gera (1885)
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  plate 16 in:
  Henry Correvon:
  Album des orchidées de l'Europe centrale et septentrionale
  Genève (1899)
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  Epipogium aphyllum
  (as syn.
  Epipogon aphyllus)
  Tafel 41 in:
  Walter Müller:
  Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Gebieten vorkommenden Grundformen der Orchideenarten
  Berlin (1904)

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  Epipogium aphyllum
  plate 415 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 Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Sakhalin. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Turkey, China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Tibet, Xinjiang. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Epipogium aphyllum.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Epipogium aphyllum