Chiloglottis pluricallata
Clustered bird 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. pluricallata
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Binomial name | |
Chiloglottis pluricallata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Chiloglottis pluricallata, commonly known as the clustered bird orchid,[2] is a species of orchid endemic to the New England Tableland and Barrington Tops in New South Wales. It has two broad leaves and a single reddish to purplish brown flower with a callus of about six pairs of reddish to blackish glands covering two-thirds of the top of the labellum.
Description
Chiloglottis pluricallata is a terrestrial,
Taxonomy and naming
Chiloglottis pluricallata was first formally described in 1991 by David Jones from a specimen collected at Point Lookout and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research.[5] The specific epithet (pluricallata) is derived from the Latin words plurimus meaning "most"[6]: 540 and callus meaning "hard skin",[6]: 716 referring to the many glands on the labellum of this orchid.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The clustered bird orchid grows in grassy forest in mountainous areas on Barringon Tops and the New England Tableland.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Chiloglottis pluricallata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ ISBN 1877069124.
- ^ a b c Jones, David L. (1991). "New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae". Australian Orchid Research. 2: 40.
- ^ a b Jones, David L. "Chiloglottis pluricallata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Chiloglottis pluricallata". APNI. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
External links
- Data related to Chiloglottis pluricallata at Wikispecies