Baby twin-leaf twayblade (Neottia japonica)
Neottia japonica is an East Asian mycoheterotrophic orchid. Lacking chlorophyll, it relies on fungi for nutrients, growing in shaded forests with small, brownish flowers.
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Synonyms
Diphryllum japonicum (Blume) Kuntze
Listera japonica Blume
Listera shaoi S.S.Ying
Listera shikokiana Makino
Neottia shaoi (S.S.Ying) Szlach.
Ophrys japonica (Blume) Makino
Ophrys shikokiana (Makino) Makino
Taxonomy
- kingdomPlantae
- divisionTracheophyta
- classLiliopsida
- orderAsparagales
- familyOrchidaceae
- genusNeottia
- speciesNeottia japonica