Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Corybas Salisb.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corybas oblongus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. (1871)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Nematoceras oblongum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 250, t. 57B (1853) – as oblonga
  • ≡ Corysanthes oblonga (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 266 (1864)
  • ≡ Singularybas oblongus (Hook.f.) Molloy, D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Jones et al., 13: 449 (2002)
 Description

Plant at fl. c. 2–3 cm. tall. Stem erect. Green lf c. 1–4 cm. long, sessile, ovate-oblong, apiculate, rounded or cordate at base, membr., ± veined with red. Floral bract c. = ovary, foliaceous. Dorsal sepal little longer than labellum, spathulate, tip broad, obtuse to apiculate; lateral sepals long, filiform, greatly exceeding labellum. Petals similar to lateral sepals but somewhat shorter. Labellum c. 5–10 mm. long, horizontal or sts tilted upwards, auriculate at base, curved to form a cylinder with a wide circular mouth fringed with coarse teeth; short retrorse hair-like calli ∞ near mid-line on inner surface.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2 as Corybas oblongus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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Lehnebach, C.A.; Zeller, A.J.; Frericks, J.; Ritchie, P. 2016: Five new species of Corybas (Diurideae, Orchidaceae) endemic to New Zealand and phylogeny of the Nematoceras clade. Phytotaxa 270(1): 1–24.