Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.

Kubentayev, Serik A., Efimov, Petr G., Alibekov, Daniyar T., Kupriyanov, Andrey N., Izbastina, Klara S., Khalymbetova, Aizhan E. & Perezhogin, Yuri V., 2023, Review of Orchidaceae of the northern part of Kazakhstan, PhytoKeys 229, pp. 185-213 : 185

Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.

Distribution in adjacent reg.

Russia (European Russia, Ural, Siberia). Kazakhstan (Balkhash-Alakol Basin).

Specimens examined and literature records.

Kokchetav: Akmola Region: Burabay District : near Borovoye , the shore of Chebach'ye Lake , 12 Jun 1913, Drobov 431 (LE!). Semipalatinsk Pinery: East Kazakhstan Region: Semipalatinsk District : near Semipalatinsk, 8 Jun 1914, Mordvinova s.n.. (MOSP!). Mugodzhary: Aktobe Region: Mugalzhar District : Mugodzhary Mts , “Urkach” place, 21 Aug 1927, Krasheninnikov 1230 (LE!) .

Habitat and ecology.

Sedge and sphagnum swamps.

Phenology.

Flowering in Jun-Jul; fruiting in Aug-Sept.

Conservation status.

Not protected. The species is extremely rare and we consider it mandatory to include it in the next edition of the Red Book of Kazakhstan.

Notes.

Liparis loeselii is reported here for the first time for Semipalatinsk Pinery and Mugodzhary FRs. Previously, in the studied region, the species was observed only in Kokchetav FR ( Karamysheva and Rachkovskaya 1973; Sultangazina et al. 2014; Kupriyanov 2020). The reported localities of L. loeselii belong to the type subspecies, whereas the locality in East Kazakhstan represents the newly-described L. loeselii subsp. Liparis loeselii Orientalis , which differs from the typical subspecies by having broader leaf blade, more visible petioles and broader fruits ( Efimov 2010).