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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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This is indigenous
Threat status: Not threatened
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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
also on Norfolk Island
Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
NZ Botanical Region

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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Forster, J.R.; Forster, G. 1776: Characteres Generum Plantarum quas in Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis Collegerunt, Descripserunt, Delinearunt, Annis. Edition 2. White, Cadell & Elmsley, London.
1776
98, t. 49
ICN
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
species
Thelymitra longifolia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Thelymitra
longifolia

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

Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
2n = 26
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Plant at fl. c. 5–50 cm. tall. Lf c. 10–20 mm. wide, strap-shaped, often ± ridged, especially abaxially, thick but flaccid. Infl. c. 1–10–(20) -fld. Per. c. 8–15 mm. long, ± reddish green externally, internally us. white, occ. pink, without stripes or spots. Dorsal sepal slightly broader than laterals. Petals and labellum alike, ovate, subacute. Column-arms terete, us. bent inward; cilia very ∞, white, short and crowded in globose masses lying ± under post-anther lobe; post-anther lobe overtopping anther, us. dark and smooth above middle and ± yellowish on the cucullate semicircular margin.

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Thelymitra angustifolia Hook.f.
Thelymitra angustifolia Hook.f.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra forsteri Sw.
Thelymitra forsteri Sw.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra grandis F.Muel. ex Benth.
Thelymitra grandis F.Muel. ex Benth.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
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Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. (1998)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra megcalyptra R.D.Fitzg.
Thelymitra megcalyptra R.D.Fitzg.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra nemoralis Colenso
Thelymitra nemoralis Colenso
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra purpureo-fusca Colenso
Thelymitra purpureo-fusca Colenso
St. George, I. (2004)

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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Australia
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
86 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Chatham Islands
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
4 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
3 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
15 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
58 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
15 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
4 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
69 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Thelymitra longifolia var. alba (Colenso) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia var. forsteri (Sw.) Hatch
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra longifolia var. forsteri (Sw.) Hatch
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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dafaf2d0-3b6e-4204-9849-36b60d59b566
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
8 May 2025
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