Genoplesium calopterum

Genoplesium calopterum is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to New Caledonia. It was first formally described in 1876 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach who gave it the name Prasophyllum calopterum and published the description in the journal Linnaea - Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange.[2] In 1989 David Jones and Mark Clements changed the name to Genoplesium calopterum.[1] It grows on the island of Grande Terre.[3]

Genoplesium calopterum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Genoplesium
Species:
G. calopterum
Binomial name
Genoplesium calopterum
Synonyms[1]

References

  1. "Genoplesium calopterum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. Reichenbach, Heinrich G. (1876). "Orchideae Roezlianae novae". Linnaea. 41: 57. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Genoplesium calopterum". Endemia New Caledonia. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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