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Table 3.3
Data on
Epipactis
(Brown and Argus
2002
)
Character
Epipactis gigantea
Epipactis helleborine
0LANTHEIGHTCM
To 140
25-80(-100)
Flower number
2-32
15-30
Dorsal sepal (mm)
15-20 × 6-8
a
Lateral sepals (mm)
16-24 × 8-9
10-13 × 5-6
Lateral petals (mm)
13-17 × 6-8
9-11 × 4-6
Lip (mm)
14-20
14-17 × 13
Column (mm)
5-10 × 3
3-6
Chromosomes (2
n
)
40
38, 40
b
a
Luer (
1975
)
b
Hollingsworth and Dickson (
1997
)
Fig. 3.4
Epipactis gigantea
. (
a
) Flower, front view; (
b
) column, ventral view with anther cap
lifted; (
c
) column, side view, scale bars (
a
-
c
) = 2 mm; (
d
) syrphid fly with pollinia attached to
dorsal thorax, scale bar = 1 mm.
an
anther,
lo
locule,
ro
rostellum,
sg
stigma
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