CEPHALANTHERARich. - CEPH
Scientific Description:
Plants with rhizomes and leafy stems. Leaves well-developed or reduced to sheaths. Flowers rather large, conspicuous, pure white, creamy-white or bright rose. Sepals and petals ± convergent to slightly spreading, the petals usually shorter. Labellum divided into a basal, ± concave or shortly spurred half (hypochile) and a distal half (epichile) with longitudinal ridges above. Column elongate, erect; anther attached by a short filament; pollinia without caudicles, pollen powdery-granulose (not united in tetrads). Stigma in front below anther; rostellum obsolete. Ovary narrowly cylindrical, to 20 mm, sessile, slightly-twisted, glabrous or glandular-pubescent. Ripe capsule elongate, to 35 mm, erect.
Reference:
Renz J & Taubenheim G (1984). Cephalanthera L. C. M. Richard, In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 8: 457.
Public Description:
Cephalanthera is a genus of mostly tuberous terrestrial orchids known as “ceph” in horticulture, most of the native to Europe and Asia. There are approximately 25 species in the world and 9 species (9 taxa) in Türkiye. The cephs are herbaceous perennials with white or bright pink flowers.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalanthera/, Accessed date: 03.03.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://global.britannica.com/plant/Cephalanthera/, Accessed date: 03.03.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Orchidaceae/Cephalanthera/, Accessed date: 03.03.2016.
Güler N (2012). Cephalanthera Rich., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 630–631.
