Orchidaceae
Liparis formosana
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Liparis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 宝岛羊耳蒜, 寶島羊耳蒜, 低地羊耳蒜
- Japanese
- ユウコクラン
Synonyms
- Diteilis formosana (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
- Empusa formosana (Rchb.f.) T.C.Hsu
- Liparis bicallosa var. hachijoensis (Nakai) Kitam.
- Liparis bituberculata var. formosana (Rchb.f.) Ridl.
- Liparis bituberculata var. hachijoensis (Nakai) T.Hashim.
- Liparis formosana f. aureovariegata Nakai
- Liparis formosana f. aureovariegata K.Nakaj.
- Liparis hachijoensis Nakai
- Liparis nervosa var. formosana (Rchb.f.) M.Hiroe
Photos

Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Liparis formosana: [Okinawa, Japan] Japanese Name : 幽谷蘭・ユウコクラン Distribution: China (Hong Kong), Japan to Taiwan (36 CHS 38 JAP NNS TAI) Found in [Asia-Temperate] China China South](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2841214056722%29.jpg/1280px-Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2841214056722%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Liparis formosana: [Okinawa, Japan] Japanese Name : 幽谷蘭・ユウコクラン Distribution: China (Hong Kong), Japan to Taiwan (36 CHS 38 JAP NNS TAI) Found in [Asia-Temperate] China China South](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2827384177218%29.jpg/1280px-Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2827384177218%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Liparis formosana: [Okinawa, Japan] Japanese Name : 幽谷蘭・ユウコクラン Distribution: China (Hong Kong), Japan to Taiwan (36 CHS 38 JAP NNS TAI) Found in [Asia-Temperate] China China South](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2839448555320%29.jpg/1280px-Liparis_formosana_Rchb.f.%2C_Gard._Chron.%2C_n.s.%2C_13_394_%281880%29_%2839448555320%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snouchi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snouchi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snouchi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.