Review of Orchidaceae of the northern part of Kazakhstan Author Kubentayev, Serik A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0369-0591 Astana Botanical Garden, 16 Orynbor Str., 010016, Astana, Kazakhstan Author Efimov, Petr G. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-255X Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Professor Popov Str., 197022, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Author Alibekov, Daniyar T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-1430 Astana Botanical Garden, 16 Orynbor Str., 010016, Astana, Kazakhstan Author Kupriyanov, Andrey N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-2012 Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 18 Sovetsky Ave., 650000, Kemerovo, Russia Author Izbastina, Klara S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-1950 Astana Botanical Garden, 16 Orynbor Str., 010016, Astana, Kazakhstan & S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University, 62 Zhengis Ave., 010000, Astana, Kazakhstan Author Khalymbetova, Aizhan E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2584-4766 L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 2 Satpayev Str., 010000, Astana, Kazakhstan usensultanbakytzhanuly@gmail.com Author Perezhogin, Yuri V. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-8347 A. Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University, 47 Baytursynov Str., 110000, Kostanay, Kazakhstan text PhytoKeys 2023 2023-07-27 229 185 213 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.229.105457 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.229.105457 1314-2003-229-185 7F9045A5C7F05651BA3D05E555438700 Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.) Besser Distribution in adjacent reg. Russia (European Russia, Ural, Siberia). Specimens examined and literature records. Tobol-Ishim: Kostanay Region : Uzynkol'skiy District: near Krasnye Borki, 12 Jul 1990 , KSPI students 2189 (LE!, KSPI!). Habitat and ecology. Pine forests Phenology. Flowering in Jun-Jul; fruiting in Aug-Sep. Conservation status. Not protected. The species is very rare and we recommend to include it in the next edition of the Red Book of Kazakhstan. Notes. For the flora of Kazakhstan, the species was reported relatively recently by Perezhogin et al. (2015) , based on the herbarium gathering mentioned above. Field studies are necessary to check whether the plant is still extant at that locality or not.