Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) Fritsch, 1888

🇬🇧 Narrow-leaved Helleborine

🇫🇷 Céphalanthère à feuilles en épée, Céphalanthère à feuilles longues, Céphalanthère à longues feuilles

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Neottieae
Genus: Cephalanthera
Species: Cephalanthera longifolia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

C. longifolia subsp. conferta B.Baumann & H.Baumann, 2005;
C. longifolia subsp. longifolia (L.) Fritsch, 1888, P.

Hybridizes with:

C. damasonium (Mill.) Druce, 1906 to produce C. × schulzei E.G.Camus, 1908, P;
C. rubra (L.) Rich., 1818 to produce C. × otto-hechtii G.Keller, 1936, P.

Photographs

img/cephalanthera-longifolia.webp — Cephalanthera longifolia

img/cephalanthera-longifolia-2.webp — Cephalanthera longifolia

Sources

Kühn, R., Pedersen, H.Æ., & Cribb, P. (2020). Orchidées d’Europe et de Méditerranée (p. 45). Biotope.
Rankou, H. (2011). Cephalanthera longifolia (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176001/7167753
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 165). Biotope.