Adenochilus
Gnome orchids | |
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Adenochilus gracilis near Makarora in New Zealand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Subtribe: | Caladeniinae |
Genus: | Adenochilus Hook.f.[1] |
Type species | |
Adenochilus gracilis[2] |
Adenochilus, commonly known as gnome orchids
Description
Orchids in the genus Adenochilus are terrestrial,
Taxonomy and naming
The genus Adenochilus was first formally described in 1853 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and the description was published in Flora Novae-Zelandiae.[2][7] Hooker described A. gracilis in the same publication, making it the type species.[1] The name Adenochilus is derived from the Ancient Greek words aden meaning "gland"[8]: 69 and cheilos meaning "lip",[8]: 200 referring to the labellum calli of these two species.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Adenochilus gracilis Hook.f. is widespread in New Zealand where it often grows in deep leaf litter under beech trees and sometimes near wetlands. It is found on both the North and South Islands and on Stewart and Chatham Islands.[9][10]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Adenochilus ". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b "Adenochilus". APNI. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1877069124.
- ISBN 0198507100.
- ^ Bernhardt, Peter J. "Genus Adenochilus". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Adenochilus". Australian National Botanic Garden. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1853). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 246–247. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- ^ "Adenochilus gracilis". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Adenochilus gracilis". New Zealand Native Orchid Group. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Bernhardt, Peter J. "Adenochilus nortonii". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 June 2018.