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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.

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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 249 (1853)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J 2002: A Synopsis of the Subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 129–146.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)

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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1853
249
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
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Pterostylis foliata

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Pterostylis
foliata

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Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.

2n = 44–46
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.

Plant c. 15–40 cm. tall. Stem c. 2 mm. diam., in some plants sparsely and unevenly puberulous; upper internodes us. longer than stem lvs. Lower lvs us. crowded but not forming well-defined rosette; lamina to c. 5 × 1 cm., often shorter, elliptic, subacute, gradually narrowed into short, winged petiole. Cauline lvs 1–2, often 2–3 cm. long, ± foliaceous, sheathing, the uppermost sts reaching but rarely overtopping fl. Fl. solitary, erect. Dorsal sepal c. 2 cm. tall, apex acute and ± horizontal; lateral sepals papillose on the connate portion (as is the ovary), diverging at a narrow angle, tips caudate and overtopping galea. Petals only a little shorter than dorsal sepal, broad almost to tip. Labellum narrow-triangular, arched and protruding, apex narrowly obtuse, margins slightly upturned. Column shorter than labellum; stigma elliptic, slightly prominent.

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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pterostylis R.Br.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)
Pterostylis gracilis Nicholls
Pterostylis gracilis Nicholls
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
Pterostylis vereenae R.S.Rogers
Pterostylis vereenae R.S.Rogers
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.

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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Pterostylis foliata Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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a6986df6-911f-4c67-abc2-3539adf64b0b
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 September 2005
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