本文發表一種日本蘭科新記錄植物－春赤箭(Gastrodia fontinalis T. P. Lin)。這個種是明顯的稀有而被認定為之前被找到的台灣固有種。因為在台灣的春赤箭和我們發現的竹島來的春赤箭中有一些差異，我們連同該種的簡介和從竹島來的春赤箭(第一次在台灣外發現)上報。

We found Gastrodia fontinalis T. P. Lin in a bamboo forest from Takeshima Island, which is the northernmost island of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. This species is apparently rare and was previously considered to be an endemic Taiwanese species. Because there are a few minor differences between the original description and our specimens collected in Takeshima Island, here we report Gastrodia fontinalis from Takeshima Island as the first record outside of Taiwan, with a description of the specimens from Takeshima Island.