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Chiloglottis R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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R.Br.
R.Br.
1810
322
ICN
Chiloglottis R.Br.
genus
Chiloglottis

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Chiloglottis

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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.

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Chiloglottis R.Br.
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cdea4c98-1e78-403a-b2bd-567fa60ef040
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 December 2014
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