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The genus
Epipactis
SPECIES LIST :-
E. atrorubens
E. atrorubens x
helleborine
E. distans
E. dunensis
E. dunensis var albiflora
E. helleborine
E. helleborine var
albifolia
E. helleborine var
viridiflora
E. leptochila
E. leptochila subsp
neglecta
E. leptochila var cordata
E. leutei
E. lusitanica
E. microphylla
E. muelleri
E. neerlandica
E. palustris
E. phyllanthes var
cambrensis
E. phyllanthes var
pendula
E. phyllanthes var
vectensis
E. placentina
E. purpurata
E. purpurata f rosea
E. purpurata f variegata
E. tremolsii
E. veratrifolia
ORIGIN:
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Epipactis
was a name given by Theophrastus circa 50 BC to a now unknown plant used to curdle goats milk ?