Cephalanthera erecta , the erect cephalanthera (Japanese: gin-ran, the "silver orchid", and Chinese: yin lan), is a species of terrestrial orchid. It is found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas.
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^First record of Cephalanthera erecta var. oblanceolata (Orchidaceae) from Korea. Lee, C.S., Eum, S.M., Choi, S.A.and Lee, N.S. 2009
^Cephalanthera nanlingensis (Orchidaceae), a New Species from Guangdong, China. A.Q.Hu & F.W.Xing, Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, volume 19, page 56 (2009), doi:10.3417/2006187
^Schltr. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 58 1919
^The tiny-leaved orchid Cephalanthera subaphylla obtains most of its carbon via mycoheterotrophy. Yuki Sakamoto, Yuki Ogura-Tsujita, Kinuko Ito, Kenji Suetsugu, Jun Yokoyama, Jun Yamazaki, Tomohisa Yukawa and Masayuki Maki, Journal of Plant Research, November 2016, Volume 129, Issue 6, pages 1013–1020, PMID27542159, doi:10.1007/s10265-016-0856-6
^The diversity of mycorrhizal fungi in Japanese Cephalanthera species. Yuki Sakamoto, Jun Yamazaki, Takayuki Yamada, Jun Yokoyama and Yuki Ogura-Tsujita
Masayuki Maki, Plant Species Biology, volume 32, issue 1, January 2017, Pages 81-86, doi:10.1111/1442-1984.12124