Goodyera macrophylla Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4(1): 13 (1833).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Orchiodes macrophyllum (Lowe) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 675 (1891).
Epipactis macrophylla (Lowe) A.A.Eaton, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 21: 65 (1908).
Peramium macrophyllum (Lowe) Soó, Bot. Arch. 23: 110 (1928).
Description:
Terrestrial with an erect, sturdy, shiny green hairless stem carrying 6 to 9 basal, spreading-erect, elliptic-oblong, acuminate, dark green, shiny, more or less marked with white reticulate venation leaves that grade smaller above into the bracts that blooms in the early fall on a terminal, erect, to 8" [to 20 cm] long, dense to near lax, near cylindrical, to 60 flowered inflorescence with longer than the ovary floral bracts.
Habitat:
On cliffs and in ravines in evergreen forests or in the trade wind, cloud forest zone at elevations around 1000 to 1400 meters.
Distribution:
N. & C. Madeira
Reference:
The Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East Deforge 2005; POWO (2022). "Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/ Retrieved 29 November 2022."
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