Cephalanthera

Cephalanthera damasonium
Typus of Cephalanthera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Neottieae
Genus: Cephalanthera

Overview of species (19)

C. austiniae – C. calcarata – C. caucasica – C. cucullata – C. damasonium – C. epipactoides – C. erecta – C. ericiflora – C. exigua – C. falcata – C. gracilis – C. humilis – C. kurdica – C. longibracteata – C. longifolia – C. nanchuanica – C. pusilla – C. rubra – C. subaphylla

Nothospecies: (6)

C. × mayeri – C. × otto-hechtii – C. × renzii – C. × schaberi – C. × schulzei – C. × taubenheimii 

New Species 2023

C. yintiaolingensis
Cephalanthera yintiaolingensis (Orchidaceae, Epidendroidee, Neottieae), a new mycoheterotrophic orchid from Northeast Chongqing, China

Name

Cephalanthera Rich., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 51 (1818)

• Type species: Cephalanthera damasonium (Mill.) Druce, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1906: 225 (1906)

Synonymy

• Heterotypic
  • Callithronum Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789)
  • Lonchophyllum Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789)
  • Dorycheile Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 56 (1841)
  • Xiphophyllum Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789), nom. nud.
  • Eburophyton A.Heller, Muhlenbergia 1: 48 (1904)
  • Tangtsinia S.C.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 194 (1965)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

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, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Asia-Temperate Siberia West Siberia. Russian Far East Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. China China South-Central, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Indo-China Laos, Myanmar, Thailand. Northern America Western Canada British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 496 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page. 
• Richard, L.C.M. 1817. De Orchideis Europaeis Annotationes 21, 29, 38. Preprinted from Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. 4: 28–82, pl. 10-12. 1818.

Additional references

• Xiang, X.-G., Li, D.-Z., Jin, W.-T., Zhou, H.-L., Li, J.-W. & Jin, X.-H. 2012. Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic orchid genera Thaia and Tangtsinia: Evidence from molecular and morphological characters. Taxon 61(1): 45–54. DOI: 10.1002/tax.611003 JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cephalanthera. Accessed: 2021 Apr 21.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cephalanthera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cephalanthera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cephalanthera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cephalanthera. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalanthera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Apr 2021.

Vernacular names

башҡортса: Ойошһеркә
беларуская: Пылкагалоўнік
čeština: Okrotice
Deutsch: Waldvöglein
فارسی: گلسر
suomi: Valkut
français: Céphalanthère
hornjoserbsce: Ptačulinka
magyar: Madársisak
հայերեն: Եղբորոսին
italiano: Cefalantera
日本語: キンラン属
перем коми: Цефалантера
коми: Цефалантера
lietuvių: Garbenis
мокшень: Цефалантера
олык марий: Цефалантера
кырык мары: Цефалантера
Nederlands: Bosvogeltje
polski: Buławnik
русский: Пыльцеголовник
slovenčina: Prilbovka
svenska: Skogsliljor
удмурт: Цефалантера
українська: Булатка
中文: 頭蕊蘭屬, 头蕊兰属
中文（简体）: 头蕊兰属

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