Habenaria flagellifera Makino 1892

Plant and Flowers in situ Japan

Photos by © Hisanori Takeuchi

Common Name The Whip Carrying Habenaria

Flower Size

Found in Japan and Korea as a small to medium sized, cold growing terrestrial

CAUTION! Said by Kew to be synomonous with Peristylus densus but there seem to be several differences so I will leave the separate for now.

Synonyms Habenaria hiugensis Ohwi 1936; Habenaria satsumana Ohwi 1936; Peristylus flagellifer (Makino) Ohwi 1953; Peristylus satsumanus Ohwi 1936

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 6: 48 Makino 1892;

J. Jap. Bot. 12: 381 Ohwi 1936 as H huigensis;

J. Jap. Bot. 12: 383 Ohwi 1936 as H satsumana

J. Jap. Bot. 12: 383 Ohwi 1936 as Peristylis satsumana;

Fl. Jap.: 344 Ohwi 1953 as Peristylus flagellifer

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