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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Microtis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 320 (1810)
Vernacular Name(s):
Onion orchid
Description
Raceme of few to many fls; floral bracts small, acute, hardly exceeding short pedicels. Per. glab., us. green; dorsal sepal uppermost in mature fls, broad and concave, much < ovary at fl.; lateral sepals almost equal in length but very much narrower, spreading or recurved, not connate; petals us. shorter and more obtuse, ± erect. Labellum about as long as other per.-segs, sessile, oblong to ovate, us. ± pendulous; calli us. paired at base, median and single near tip. Column short; wings membr., obtuse, attached to about mid-anther level; anther terminal, erect, almost entirely above stigma, ± hemispherical, pollinia not or obscurely bilobed, pollen granular; stigma broadly oval, slightly prominent; rostellum dark, its oval tip becoming detached with very short, threadlike stipe to which loosely coherent pollen masses adhere. Plants terrestrial, glab.; tuber globose to oval, often produced some distance from parent plant. Lf solitary; sheath long; lamina terete, ± hollow.
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 1 |
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 2 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
