Pterostylis gibbosa
Illawarra rustyhood | |
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In bushland at Albion Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Genus: | Pterostylis |
Species: | P. gibbosa
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Binomial name | |
Pterostylis gibbosa R.Br.[1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Oligochaetochilus gibbosus ( |
Pterostylis gibbosa, commonly known as the Illawarra rustyhood,.
Description
Pterostylis gibbosa, is a terrestrial,
Taxonomy and naming
Pterostylis gibbosa was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[5][6] The specific epithet (gibbosa) is a Latin word meaning "very humped" or "crooked".[7]
Distribution and habitat
The Illawarra rustyhood grows in forest with grasses in scattered populations in the Hunter, Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions. It is no longer found on the Cumberland Plain where it was first collected.[2][3][4][8]
Conservation
Pterostylis gibbosa is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The main threats to the species are urbanisation, grazing by domestic stock, weed invasion and inappropriate fire regimes.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Pterostylis gibbosa". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ ISBN 978-1877069123.
- ^ a b "Pterostylis gibbosa (R.Br.) Illawarra Greenhood Orchid" (PDF). N.S.W. National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b Jones, David L. "Pterostylis gibbosa". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney: plantnet. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Pterostylis gibbosa". APNI. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae. London. p. 327. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 633.
- ^ a b "Conservation advice Pterostylis gibbosa (Illawarra greenhood)" (PDF). Australian Government Department of the Environment. Retrieved 28 June 2017.