Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill

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Name scientific

Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill (1967)

Preferred name

Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill

Taxonomy reference

Molloy, B.P.J.; St.George, I. M. 1994: A new species of Drymoanthus (Orchidaceae) from New Zealand, and typification of D. adversus. New Zealand Journal of Botany 32: 415–421.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

(Hook.f.) Dockrill

Original authors

Hook.f.

Combination authors

Dockrill

Year published

1967

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Sarcochilus adversus Hook.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Drymoanthus adversus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Drymoanthus

Species

adversus

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

has host

Alectryon excelsus Gaertn.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Beilschmiedia tawa (A.Cunn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kirk

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (A.Rich.) de Laub.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Hebe Comm. ex Juss.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Metrosideros robusta A.Cunn.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus truncata (Colenso) Cockayne

CHR (2 records from [Not available].)

has host

Weinmannia L.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Weinmannia racemosa L.f.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

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

Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill

Description

2n = 76

Description

2n = 76

Description

2n = 76

Description

2n = 76

Description

2n = 76

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

Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill

Description

Plant a lfy tuft c. 4–12–(15) cm. diam., the roots us. much the longest parts. Stem to c. 5 cm. long,often much shorter, erect, lower part covered with imbricating old lf-bases. Green lvs at any one time c. 4–6–(9); lamina to c. 6 × 1.5 cm., elliptic-oblong, tip acute, slightly twisted, minutely 2-toothed when young, base meeting sheath along clearly defined abscission line. Racemes arising among or below green lvs, sts both a higher and a lower one produced in a single season; old raceme-axes persisting on lower part of stem for several years. Fls opp. to irregularly alternate, pedicel < to > small membr. bract. Per. greenish white flecked with red. Sepals and petals subequal, c. 3.5 × 1.5 mm. Labellum almost as long and broader, very fleshy, ± erect, smoothly convex externally, deeply channelled; mid-lobe distinct only as small cucullate tip; lateral lobes forming sides of clog-shaped structure and each with an internally projecting, partly transverse ridge. Column much shorter, broadly cylindric, its foot barely recognisable to quite well defined. Capsules c. 15 × 3.5 mm., large for size of raceme.