Epipactis microphylla

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Neottieae
Genus: Epipactis
Species: Epipactis microphylla
Name

Epipactis microphylla (Ehrh.) Sw., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 21: 232 (1800)
Synonymy

Amesia microphylla (Ehrh.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Epipactis athensis Lej.
Epipactis atrorubens Rostk. ex Spreng.
Epipactis helleborine var. microphylla (Ehrh.) Rchb.f.
Epipactis intermedia Schur
Epipactis latifolia subsp. microphylla (Ehrh.) Bonnier & Layens
Epipactis latifolia subsp. parvifolia (Pers.) K.Richt.
Epipactis latifolia var. microphylla (Ehrh.) DC.
Epipactis microphylla f. canescens (Irmisch) E.G.Camus
Epipactis microphylla subsp. intermedia (Schur) K.Richt.
Epipactis microphylla var. canescens Irmisch
Epipactis microphylla var. firmior Schur
Epipactis microphylla var. glabrescens Velen.
Epipactis microphylla var. intermedia Schur
Epipactis microphylla var. nuda Irmisch
Helleborine microphylla (Ehrh.) Schinz & Thell.
Helleborine microphylla f. firmior (Schur) Soó
Helleborine microphylla f. nuda (Irmisch) Soó
Helleborine microphylla var. canescens (Irmisch) Graber
Helleborine microphylla var. nuda (Irmisch) Graber
Limodorum microphyllum (Ehrh.) Kuntze
Serapias athensis (Lej.) Hocq.
Serapias latifolia var. microphylla (Ehrh.) Pers.
Serapias latifolia var. parvifolia Pers.
Serapias microphylla Ehrh.

Homonym

Epipactis microphylla Sieber ex Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 688 (1882), nom. inval. - vide: Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Besser, Prim. Fl. Galic. 2: 220 (1809)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Europe
Middle Europe
Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland.
Southwestern Europe
Baleares, Corse, France, Sardegna, Spain.
Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece,itzerland.html">Switzerland, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
Eastern Europe
Krym.
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
Western Asia
Cyprus, East Aegean Islands (doubtful), Iran, Turkey.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Swartz, O. (1800) Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 21: 232.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 501 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Epipactis microphylla in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 June 27. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2015. Epipactis microphylla in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2015 June 27.
Tropicos.org 2015. Epipactis microphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 June 2015.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Epipactis microphylla. Published online. Accessed: 27. June 2015.

Vernacular names

čeština: Kruštík drobnolistý
Deutsch: Kleinblättrige Stendelwurz
English: Small-leaved Helleborine
français: Epipactis à petites feuille
hornjoserbsce: Łopješkaty stawač
magyar: Kislevelű nőszőfű
italiano: Elleborina minore
Nederlands: Kleinbladige wespenorchis
polski: Kruszczyk drobnolistny
русский: Дремлик мелколистный
українська: Коручка дрібнолиста

Epipactis microphylla, the small-leaved helleborine, is a species of orchid. It is native to much of Europe and to Southwest Asia as far east as Iran though noticeably absent from the British Isles and from Scandinavia.[1]
References

Altervista Flora Italiana, Elleborine minore, Small Leaved Helleborine, Epipactis microphylla (Ehrh.)