Pterostylis foliata

Pterostylis foliata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Pterostylidinae
Genus: Pterostylis
Species:

Name

Pterostylis foliata Hook.f., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 249 (1853)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Pterostylis vereenae R.S.Rogers, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. South Australia 38: 360 (1914)

References

  • Hooker, J.D. 1853. Flora of New Zealand, 1: 249.
  • St George, I. (2008) The New Zealand Orchis, The editor's annual list:2008. The New Zealand Native Orchids 110: 8–19.
  • Janes, J.K. & Duretto, M.F. (2010). A new classification for subtribe Pterostylidinae (Orchidaceae), reafferming Pterostylis in the broad sense. Australian Systematic Botany 23: 260–269.
  • Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 157 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Australasia 
    • Regional: Australia
      • New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria.
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

English: Slender greenhood

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