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Thelymitra matthewsii Cheeseman

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1910
1911
177
Matthewsii
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Thelymitra matthewsii Cheeseman
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Thelymitra matthewsii

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matthewsii

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Thelymitra matthewsii Cheeseman

Plant at fl. c. 10–15 cm. tall. Lf flexuous or spirally twisted round stem; sheath broad, finely and closely puberulous, as is stem immediately below; lamina 3–6 cm. long, linear and very much narrower than sheath. Infl. 1–2-fld. Per. c. 8–14 mm. long, dark purplish blue with darker veins. Sepals, petals and labellum alike, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate. Column short; anther largely exposed; connective prolonged; column-arms ± oblong, thick and fleshy, neither lobed nor ciliate, bright yellow; post-anther lobe lacking; small calli sts present across back of anther between bases of column-arms.

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Thelymitra daltonii R.S.Rogers
Thelymitra matthewsii Cheeseman
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Thelymitra matthewsii Cheeseman
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93c4b110-04ed-4c9f-93c9-aec1d124d8ce
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 March 2007
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