Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Corybas Salisb.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corybas obscurus Lehnebach in Lehnebach et al., Phytotaxa 270: 11 (2016)
Synonymy:
Type:—NEW ZEALAND. South Island: Nelson Lakes National Park, Lake Rotoiti, along Lakeside track, near Whisky falls, 25 November 2011, Lehnebach & Zeller SP104133 (holotype: WELT!).
Etymology:
A reference to the dark colour of the flower.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
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.