Lindl., Orchidaceae
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Lindl., Orchidaceae |
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Present on Pacific Islands? no
Primarily a threat at high elevations? no
Common name(s): [more details]
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Chinese: mei guan lan |
Habit: herb
Description: "Terrestrial. Pesudobulbs ovoid, homoblastic, leafless at time of flowering, quite robust, up to 5 cm tall. Leaves in new growth, suberect, linear-lanceolate, up to 30 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Inflorescence rather slender, scapose, erect, racemose or paniculate, loosely many-flowered, up to 60 cm tall. Peduncle distinctly 3- to 4-sheated, branches when present are loosely spreading. Bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than pedicellate ovaries. Flowers greenish with brownish purple venation. Sepals and petals spreading, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, up to 12 mm long. Lip with a short, up to 3 mm-long clavate spur, 3-lobed, white with rose-purple markings: lateral lobes erect, enfolding the column, ovate-triangular, obtuse; midlobe porrect, suborbicular, undulate; disc in center provided with 3 to 5 parallel keels between the lateral lobes which are decurrent on midlobe where they are dissolved in a series of filiform, beard-like papillae. Whole lip 11 mm long. Pedicellate ovary up to 15 mm long" (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Habitat/ecology: In Okinawa, "uncommon in mountains and open lowlands" (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Propagation: Seed
Native range: Japan (Ryukyi Islands), India, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia (Garay & Sweet, 1974; pp. 137-138).
Presence:
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Japan (offshore islands)
Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands |
Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands |
native
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Kato, Hidetoshi (2007) |
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Country/Terr./St. & Island group |
Location |
Cited status &
Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction? |
Reference &
Comments |
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Australia
Australia (continental) |
Northern Territory |
introduced
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Waterhouse, Barbara (year unknown) |
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Australia
Australia (continental) |
Queensland |
introduced
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Waterhouse, Barbara (year unknown) |
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China
China |
China (People's Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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China
China |
Hong Kong |
native
cultivated |
Wu, Te-lin (2001) (p. 376)
Ornamental. |
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Indonesia
Indonesia |
Indonesia (Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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Japan
Ryukyu Islands |
Ryukyu Islands |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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Malaysia
Malaysia |
Malaysia (country of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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Taiwan
Taiwan |
Taiwan Island |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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Taiwan
Taiwan |
Taiwan Island |
native
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Ching-I Peng, ed. (2011)
"Among shrubs at lowlands, also in coastal grasslands or sand beaches". |
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Thailand
Thailand |
Thailand (Kingdom of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
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Vietnam
Vietnam |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) |
native
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U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011) |
Comments: Reported as an invasive species in Australia per Barbara Waterhouse, pers. com., and Smith, 2002.
Additional information:
Additional online information about Eulophia graminea is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).
Information about Eulophia graminea as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).
Taxonomic information about Eulophia graminea may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
References:
Ching-I Peng, ed. 2011. Digital flora of Taiwan (online resource).
Garay, Leslie A./Sweet, Herman R. 1974. Orchids of southern Ryukyu Islands. Harvard University, Cambridge.
Kato, Hidetoshi. 2007. Herbarium records of Makino Herbarium, Tokyo Metropolitan University. Personal communication.
Smith, Nicholas M. 2002. Weeds of the wet/dry tropics of Australia - a field guide. Environment Centre NT, Inc. 112 pp.
U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.
Waterhouse, Barbara. 0. Barbara Waterhouse, pers. com.
Wu, Te-lin. 2001. Check List of Hong Kong Plants. Hong Kong Herbarium and the South China Institute of Botany. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Bulletin 1 (revised). 384 pp.
Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong. 2011. Flora of China (online resource).