Chiloglottis R.Br.
Details
Chiloglottis R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 322 (1810)
Chiloglottis R.Br.
Nomenclature
R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
322
ICN
Chiloglottis R.Br.
genus
Chiloglottis
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Chiloglottis R.Br.
Fl. solitary or occ. 2; floral bract attached some distance below ovary, the intervening portion of stem elongating as fr. ripens. Per. glab.; dorsal sepal uppermost, erect or incurved, narrowed to base; lateral sepals and petals narrower, sts strongly deflexed. Labellum ± clawed, undivided; margins entire; calli prominent, variously shaped and arranged. Column elongate, erect to slightly curved, winged, with short column-foot; anther terminal, apiculate, papillose, pollinia 2 per cell, pollen finely granular; stigma prominent, discoid; rostellum small, median. Plants terrestrial, us. glab.; tubers ovoid, us. produced at some distance from parent plant. Lvs 2 (floral bract occ. foliaceous), basal, ± oblong. Genus of 6–7 spp., all found in eastern Australia.
Taxonomic concepts
Myrmechila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Myrmechila
Myrmechila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Chiloglottis R.Br.
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Metadata
cdea4c98-1e78-403a-b2bd-567fa60ef040
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 December 2014