Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
- Corybas acuminatus
- Corybas carsei
- Corybas cheesemanii
- Corybas confusus
- Corybas cryptanthus
- Corybas dienemus
- Corybas hatchii
- Corybas hypogaeus
- Corybas iridescens
- Corybas macranthus
- Corybas oblongus
- Corybas obscurus
- Corybas orbiculatus
- Corybas papa
- Corybas papillosus
- Corybas rivularis
- Corybas rotundifolius
- Corybas sanctigeorgianus
- Corybas trilobus
- Corybas vitreus
- Corybas walliae
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corybas Salisb., Parad. Lond. ad t. 83 (1807)
Synonymy:
- = Nematoceras Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 249 (1853)
- = Anzybas D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., 13: 442 (2002)
- = Molloybas D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem, 13: 448 (2002)
- = Singularybas Molloy, D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Jones et al., 13: 449 (2002)
Type Taxon:
Corybas aconitiflorus Salisb. = Corybas cheesemanii (Hook.f. ex Kirk) Kuntze
Vernacular Name(s):
Spider orchid
Description
Fls solitary, occ. 2; floral bracts us. 2, one minute, the larger us. shorter than ovary. Per. often large for size of plant; dorsal sepal uppermost, curved forward, ± concave to galeate; lateral sepals and petals linear to filiform, greatly elongate to extremely small. Labellum relatively large, the basal edges overlapping behind the column to form a tube, the distal part ± cylindric or expanded into a broad, abruptly deflexed lamina; margin entire, denticulate or fimbriate; calli if present minute and papillose. Column short, ± curved, us. inclined backwards, wings occ. represented by small lobes near top; anther terminal, erect, pollinia 2 per cell, pollen finely granular; stigma discoid, surrounded below by a fleshy ridge; rostellum median. Plants terrestrial, glab.; tubers orbicular, us. terminal on long laterals arising in axils of scale lvs on buried part of stem. Fl.-stem short, elongating greatly as fr. matures. Green lf solitary, broad, lamina us. horizontal.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 19 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 2 |
| Total | 21 |
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J. 2002: New genera, reinstatements and combinations for New Zealand Orchidaceae (Tribe Diurideae). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 68: 14–18. [as Singularybas Molloy, D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.]
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2014: Evidence-based review of the taxonomic status of New Zealand’s endemic seed plant genera. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 163–212.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Sharma, I.K.; Mackenzie, A.M.; Molloy, B.J.P. 2002: Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 437–468.
Lehnebach, C.A. 2016: New combinations and a replacement name for three New Zealand spider orchids (Corybas). The New Zealand Native Orchid Journal 139: 4–5.
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