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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.

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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part II, 544 (1847)

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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1847
544
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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.
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Lyperanthus antarcticus

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antarcticus

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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.

Plant at fl. c. 8–30–(40) cm. tall, not elongating greatly in fr. Stem erect, slightly fleshy, glab. Green lvs us. 2, occ. 1 or 3, well spaced up stem, to 10–(15) × 1.5–(2) cm., narrow-lanceolate, concave, acute, inclined to be fleshy, sts blotched with brown, the upper smaller. Floral bracts foliaceous, erect, broad-ovate, deeply concave, acute. Fls rarely > 3, inclined away from bracts. Per. c. 1.5 cm. long, green, sts spotted with dull red-brown. Sepals acute; dorsal broadly ovate, forming arched roof over inner parts; lateral almost as long, linear, deflexed. Petals slightly shorter, linear-lanceolate, subacute. Labellum erect, broad-ovate, narrowed abruptly into short claw; margin entire; callose ridges extending almost to tip. Column cylindric, curved; wing very narrow, forming small lobes about anther.

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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.
Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.

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Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Lyperanthus antarcticus Hook.f.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
13 September 2005
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