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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon
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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Hatch, E.D. (1952)

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Sw.
Sw.
1800
ICN
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
species
Thelymitra ixioides

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Thelymitra
ixioides

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

Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28
2n = 28
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

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.
Thelymitra iridioides Seib. ex Benth
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Thelymitra J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Parsons, M.J.; Douglass, P.; Macmillan, B.H. (1998)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra ixioides var. typica Hatch
Thelymitra ixioides var. typica Hatch
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Thelymitra lilacina F.Muel. ex Lindl.
Thelymitra lilacina F.Muel. ex Lindl.
Hatch, E.D. (1952)
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.

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Thelymitra aff. ixioides
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
Australia
Tasmania
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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
11 Link to an external page
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
1 Link to an external page
Thelymitra ixioides Sw.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
2 Link to an external page
Thelymitra juncifolia Lindl.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
2 Link to an external page

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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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