Pterostylis nana R.Br.
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Pterostylis nana R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 327 (1810)
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
327
ICN
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
species
Pterostylis nana
Classification
Descriptions
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Plant slender, to c. 15 cm. tall. Stem minutely rough, lower internodes us. puberulous with short stiff projecting hairs. Rosette lvs ∞, lamina c. 7 × 5 mm., ovate, acute, petiole little shorter, narrowly winged; cauline lvs smaller, sheathing. Fl. solitary, us. remote from highest bract. Dorsal sepal c 10–15 mm. tall, erect for about ⅔ of its length, then almost horizontal, apex obtuse to shortly acute; lateral sepals very long-connate, diverging at a very wide angle and so broadly U-shaped in front view with an inturned median tooth, sharply contracted into slender, ± erect caudae standing well above galea. Petals equal to or longer than dorsal sepal, subacute. Labellum oblong. Column longer than labellum; stigma long-oval, prominent.
Taxonomic concepts
Linguella nana (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Linguella nana (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
Pterostylis nana R.Br.
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