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Cephalanthera damasonium

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Subtribe
  
Limodorinae

Scientific name
  
Cephalanthera damasonium

Rank
  
Species

Family
  
Orchidaceae

Tribe
  
Neottieae

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Cephalanthera

Order
  
Cephalanthera damasonium Cephalanthera damasonium Wikipedia

Similar
  
Cephalanthera, Cephalanthera longifolia, Cephalanthera rubra, Orchids, Neottia nidus‑avis

The White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) is a species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe and the Middle East from England and Sweden to Russia and Iran; also Bhutan, India, Myanmar and Yunnan. It is the type species of the genus Cephalanthera.

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Pollination

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The flowers of this species hardly open, because they are autogamous (self-pollinating). Before anthesis, the opening of the flower, the anther opens and the pollinia directly sink onto the stigmatic surface. Then pollen tubes start growing. This pollination mode enables the White helleborine to grow in deep shade, where the pollinators are almost absent.

Literature

  • Claessens, J. & J. Kleynen: The flower of the European Orchid – Form and function, 2011. ISBN 978-90-9025556-9.
  • Cephalanthera damasonium Cephalanthera damasonium White Helleborine

  • Media related to White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to White Helleborine (Cephalanthera damasonium) at Wikispecies

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    References

    Cephalanthera damasonium Wikipedia


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