Vasilis Teodoridis:
Orchidaceae | Goodyera
4. Goodyera schlechtendaliana H. G. Reichenbach; Linnaea. 22: 861. 1849.
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Epipactis labiata (Pampanini) Hu; E. melinostele (Schlechter) Hu; E. schlechtendaliana (H. G. Reichenbach) A. A. Eaton; E. secundiflora (Griffith) Hu; Georchis schlechtendaliana (H. G. Reichenbach) H. G. Reichenbach; Goodyera japonica Blume; G. labiata Pampanini; G. melinostele Schlechter; G. schlechtendaliana f. similis (Blume) Makino; G. secundiflora Griffith; G. similis Blume; Orchiodes schlechtendaliana (H. G. Reichenbach) Kuntze; Peramium schlechtendalianum (H. G. Reichenbach) Makino.
Plants terrestrial; 6-25 cm tall. Rhizome slender to stout; many noded. Stem erect; 1-6 cm; 4-6-leaved. Leaves subrosulate or spaced along stem; abaxially pale green; adaxially green with irregular white markings; ovate to ovate-lanceolate; 2.5-5 x 0.8-2.2 cm; base subrounded or broadly cuneate; apex acute; petiole-like base and tubular sheath 0.4-1.8 cm. Peduncle pale green; 5-12 cm; pubescent; with 2-4 sterile bracts; rachis 3-10 cm; subdensely 5- to more than 20-flowered; secund; floral bracts lanceolate; 7-12 mm; pubescent; apex acuminate. Flowers opening weakly; white; tinged with pink; medium-sized; pedicel and ovary cylindric-fusiform; 8-10 mm; pubescent. Sepals pubescent on outer surface; 1-veined; dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic-lanceolate; cymbiform; 7-10 x 3-3.5 mm; apex acute; lateral sepals ovate-lanceolate; 7-9 x 3.5-4 mm; apex acute. Petals rhombic-oblanceolate; 7-10 x 2.5-3 mm; 1-veined; apex obtuse or subacute; lip ovate; 6-8.5 x 3-4 mm; hypochile concave-saccate; inside papillose; epichile ligulate; 3-3.5 mm; slightly recurved. Column ca. 3 mm; anther ovoid; acuminate; pollinia ca. 3 mm; rostellum 2-3 mm; remnant deeply bifid. Fl. Aug-Oct. 2n = 30 + 0-2B; 60.
Broad-leaved forests along valleys; 500-2800 m. Anhui; N Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; S Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Indonesia (Sumatra); Japan; Korea; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam].