Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Orchidoideae |
Tribe | Cranichideae |
Subtribe | Goodyerinae |
Scientific name | Goodyera biflora (Lindley) Hooker f. |
Synonyms | Georchis biflora Lindley; Epipactis biflora (Lindley) A.A. Eaton; Epipactis macrantha (Maximowicz ex Regel) A.A. Eaton; Epipactis pauciflora (Schlechter) Hu; Goodyera biflora var. macrantha (Maximowicz ex Regel) T. Hashimoto; Goodyera macrantha Maximowicz ex Regel; Goodyera pauciflora Schlechter; Peramium macranthum (Maximowicz ex Regel) Makino |
Common name | (Japanese common name) beni-shusu-ran (ベニシュスラン, 紅繻子蘭 [meaning: red beautiful cloths orchid]) |
(Chinese common name) da hua ban ye lan (大花斑葉蘭) | |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, India | |
Habitat | Mountane evergreen forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
Description | Plants 4-10cm tall. Leaves 2-4cm long, 1-2cm wide. Flowers white and pale red ca. 3cm long, lip 1.7-2cm long, flowering in July to August. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Goodyera biflora (Lindley) J. D. Hooker |
Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook.f. 1890 | |
Goodyera biflora (Lindl.) Hook. f. | |
Goodyera biflora Hook. f. | |
A Preliminary Report on the Symbiotic Germination of Nine Japanese Terrestrial Orchids | |
An enumeration of the orchids of Northwestern Himalaya |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
June 2009 at my home |
April 2009 at my home |
August 2009 at mountane streamside |