Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume is a plant in the Orchidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume

Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume

Cephalanthera erecta is a terrestrial orchid species found across parts of Asia, with a mycoheterotrophic form linked to Thelephoraceae fungi.

Family
Genus
Cephalanthera
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume

Cephalanthera erecta (Thunb.) Blume, commonly known as the erect cephalanthera, is a species of terrestrial orchid. This orchid occurs naturally in China, Japan, Korea, the Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam, and the eastern Himalayas. Its tiny-leaved form, subaphylla, gets most of its carbon through mycoheterotrophy. This form is mainly associated with fungi from the Thelephoraceae family.

Photo: (c) Eric Knight, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eric Knight · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Orchidaceae Cephalanthera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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