Aporostylis bifolia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Aporostylis bifolia']

English: Odd-leaved orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Orchidoideae • Tribus: Diurideae • Subtribus: Caladeniinae • Genus: Aporostylis • Species: Aporostylis bifolia (Hook.f.) Rupp & Hatch (1946)

Synonyms
Basionym Caladenia bifolia Hook.f., Fl. Nov.-Zel. 1: 247 (1853) Homotypic synonyms Chiloglottis bifolia (Hook.f.) Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 383 (1911) Heterotypic synonyms Chiloglottis traversii F.Muell., Veg. Chatham-Isl.: 51 (1864) Caladenia macrophylla Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 396 (1894 publ. 1895)

Monotypic taxon

Images of the whole plant

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Aporostylis bifolia

Flowers

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Aporostylis bifolia
Aporostylis bifolia
Aporostylis bifolia
Aporostylis bifolia

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Australasia
- New Zealand
  - Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.

References

Description of taxon

Rupp, H. M. R. & Hatch, E. D. (1946) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70: 61.

Selected Bibliography

Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2001) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 89 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507100

Selected Weblinks

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