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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Epipogium Borkh.

This genus name was first published in Tent. Disp. Pl. German. : 139 (1792)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013630.

Literature

Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3678

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Synonyms of Epipogium

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Ceratopsis	Lindl.	Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. : 383 (1840)	wfo-4000007375
Galera	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 415 (1825)	wfo-4000015228
Podanthera	Wight	Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: 22 (1851)	wfo-4000030466
Epipogion	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 144 (1880)	wfo-4100002782
Epipogon	Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 4: 77 (1852)	wfo-4100003144

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