Epipogium

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Epipogium
Epipogium aphyllum flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epipogieae
Genus: Epipogium
J. G. Gmel. ex Borkh.
Selected Species
Synonyms
  • Ceratopsis Lindl.
  • Epipogon S. G. Gmel.,orth. var.
  • Galera Blume
  • Podanthera Wight

Epipogium is a genus of 3 species of terrestrial achlorophyllousmyco-heterotrophic orchids. The genus is sympodial with no root. Leaves are scale-like. Flowers are not resupinate, arranged in terminal racemes. Stigmas are 2-lobed and the rostellum is ventrally situated and not prominent.

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