Epipogium roseum

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl.

Synonyms: 28 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ceratopsis rosea (D.Don) Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)
Epipogium africanum Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium dentilabellum Ohtani & Shig.Suzuki (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium japonicum Makino (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium kusukusense (Hayata) Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium makinoanum Schltr. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium maknoanum Dockrill (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium nutans (Blume) Rchb.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium poneranthum Fukuy. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium pooncranthum Dockrill (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium pooneranthum M.A.Clem. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium sinicum C.L.Tso (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium sp. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogium tuberosum Duthie (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogum guilfoylei Rupp (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogum guilfoylii Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogum nutans Rchb.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogum poneranthum Fukuy. (taxonomic synonym)
Epipogum roseum Rupp (orthographic variant)
Epipogum tuberosum Duthie (taxonomic synonym)
Galera kusukusense Dockrill (taxonomic synonym)
Galera kusukusensis Hayata (taxonomic synonym)
Galera nutans Blume (taxonomic synonym)
Galera rolfei Hayata (taxonomic synonym)
Galera rosea (D.Don) Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
Gastrodia schinziana Kraenzl. (taxonomic synonym)
Limodorum roseum D.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
Podanthera pallida Wight (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wenk_2023_2 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 40 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): pink (2); white_cream (2); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
flower_diameter (numerical): 1.1 cm (1-1.2 cm) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome_fleshy (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	14	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.