The Genus Epipactis Zinn (Orchidaceae) in the Komi Republic ...

• Main Authors: Kirillov, Dmitry, Kirillova, Irina, Kirillov, Dmitriy
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2019
• Subjects: ural mountains; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/dnuqwf; https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5e8bab95-57f4-47b2-8ff2-e65e09ea6743

The point set contains data on the distribution of Epipactis species in the Komi Republic. Epipactis Zinn is mostly a Eurasian genus with a south central distribution. According to recent classification, the genus is divided into two monophyletic sister sections, distinguished based on the shape and color of the lip, the gynostemium structure, and the presence and shape of papillae and hairs; it presently contains 59 species clustered in 8 groups (Delforge, 2006). In the territory of the Komi Republic genus is represented by three species – Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Besser, E. helleborine (L.) Crantz and E. palustris (L.) Crantz. The dark red helleborine, E. atrorubens, is a perennial orchid species, which is widely distributed across Europe and extending to the Ural Mountains in Asia and western Siberia (Efimov, 2004). In the Komi Republic, the species is on its northern distribution border. It grows on outcrops of carbonate rocks in the Timan Range, in the North and Sub-Polar Urals (Teteryuk, ...