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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Sw.
Sw.
1800
ICN
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
species
Thelymitra ixioides

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ixioides

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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28

Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

Plant at fl. to 50–(70) cm. tall. Lf c. 5–12 mm. wide, fleshy, deeply channelled. Fls often ∞, sts > 20. Per. c. 11–13 mm. long, blue, us. with darker spots. Sepals and petals rather broad. Labellum slightly more rounded. Column-arms flattened, cilia white and mostly marginal, each arm projecting from the anterior margin of the side lobule; post-anther lobe little if at all taller than anther, erect, ± ornamented at top with violet to yellow, thick, finger-like calli; side lobules distinct, often much taller, yellow, fleshy and ± jagged on margins.

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Thelymitra iridioides Seib. ex Benth
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Thelymitra ixioides var. typica Hatch
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra lilacina F.Muel. ex Lindl.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
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editorial
New Zealand plants differ from those in Australian. New Zealand plants are regarded as an unnamed entity allied to T. ixioides. Research into the taxonomic status of the New Zealand plant is in progress.

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ed2d43c2-c9f1-4052-b89f-3e55d5ac6113
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
1 February 2008
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