Family |
Orchidaceae |
Subfamily |
Orchidoideae |
Tribe |
Cranichideae |
Subtribe |
Goodyerinae |
Scientific name |
Rhomboda yakusimensis (Masamune) Ormerod |
Synonyms |
Goodyera pogonorrhyncha Handel-Mazzetti; Hetaeria cristata auct., non Blume;
Hetaeria cristata Blume var. minor Rendle; Hetaeria cristata Blume var.
tokioi (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Hetaeria tokioi Fukuyama; Hetaeria yakusimensis
(Masamune) Masamune ex E. Walker; Rhomboda pogonorrhyncha (Handel-Mazzetti)
Ormerod; Rhomboda tokioi (Fukuyama) Ormerod; Zeuxine yakusimensis Masamune |
Common name |
(Japanese common name) yakushima-aka-shusu-ran (ヤクシマアカシュスラン, 屋久島赤繻子蘭 [meaning:
Yakushima Island red beautiful cloths leaf orchid] |
(English common name) none |
Distribution |
(Japan) Izu Islands, Kyushu (southern area), Yakushima Island, Yanegashima
Island, Okinawa |
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Vietnam |
Habitat |
Broadleaf trees forest. |
Chromosomal number |
2n=42 |
Description |
Plants elacting 10-25cm tall (including scapes). Leaves 3-8cm long, 1.5-3.5cm
wide. Flowers 3-15, red, sepals ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to September.
Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference |
Rhomboda yakusimensis (Masam.) Ormerod |
Rhomboda tokioi (Fukuyama) Ormerod |
Hetaeria cristata Blume |
Note |
Rare species. |
Rhomboda cristata (Blume) Ormerod (Syn. Hetaeria cristata Blume) occurs only in Indonesia. |