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Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.

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Pterostylis micromega Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 248 (1853)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J 2002: A Synopsis of the Subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 129–146.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)

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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1853
248
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Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
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Pterostylis micromega

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Pterostylis
micromega

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

Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.

2n = 44
2n = 44
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.

Plant to c. 20–30 cm. tall. Stem c. 2 mm. diam., smooth; lower internodes short, upper sts longer than adjacent lvs. Lower lvs rarely forming close rosette; lamina us. c. 5 cm. long, broad-elliptic, subacute, margins often crisply and finely undulate, narrowing to short petiole. Upper lvs foliaceous, sessile, the uppermost sheathing, us. smallest, often reaching but rarely overtopping fl. Fl. solitary, erect, per. often whitish. Dorsal sepal 2.5–4 cm. long, us. smoothly arcuate throughout its length, tip acuminate to shortly caudate, ascending to curved downward; lateral sepals diverging at a narrow angle, tips caudate and overtopping galea. Petals shorter than dorsal sepal acuminate. Labellum narrow-triangular, arched almost in a right angle, protruding, apex narrowly obtuse, margins slightly upturned. Column much shorter than labellum; stigma narrow-oblong, flat.

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Pterostylis furcata var. micromega Hatch
Pterostylis furcata var. micromega Hatch
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pterostylis R.Br.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Pterostylis R.Br.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)
Pterostylis polyphylla Colenso
Pterostylis polyphylla Colenso
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J (2002)
Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.

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Pterostylis furcata var. micromega Hatch
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Pterostylis micromega Hook.f.
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f59a0fd7-b878-416c-93aa-e2eef3b7c85f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
9 September 2005
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