Chiloglottis formicifera
Common ant orchid | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Chiloglottis |
Species: | C. formicifera
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Binomial name | |
Chiloglottis formicifera Fitzg.[1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Chiloglottis formicifera, commonly known as the common ant orchid,[2] is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has two broad leaves and a single narrow, greenish or reddish flower with a black, ant-like callus covering most of the upper surface of the labellum. There is a single record of this species from New Zealand.
Description
Chiloglottis formicifera is a terrestrial,
Taxonomy and naming
Chiloglottis formicifera was first formally described in 1877 by Robert D. FitzGerald and the description was published in his book Australian Orchids from a specimen collected "in a gully at the Kurrajong".[4] The specific epithet (formicifera) is derived from the Latin word formica meaning "ant"[5]: 93 with the suffix -fera meaning "bear", "carry" or "have".[5]: 187
Distribution and habitat
The common ant orchid grows in moist places in forest between the
References
- ^ a b "Chiloglottis formicifera". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ ISBN 1877069124.
- ^ a b Jones, David L. "Chiloglottis formicifera". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Chiloglottis formicifera". APNI. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- ^ de Lange, Peter J. "Chiloglottis formicifera". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
External links
- Data related to Chiloglottis formicifera at Wikispecies
- Media related to Chiloglottis formicifera at Wikimedia Commons