Английская Википедия:Diuris abbreviata

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Habit

Diuris abbreviata, commonly known as the lemon doubletail, is a species of orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has two or three leaves and a flowering stem with up to nine yellow flowers with darker markings.

Description

Diuris abbreviata is a tuberous, perennial herb with two or three linear leaves Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and folded in half lengthwise. There are between three and nine pale to bright yellow flowers with darker markings which lean forwards and are about Шаблон:Convert wide. The dorsal sepal is egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and more or less erect. The lateral sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, and turn downwards. The petals are erect, ear-like above the flower, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a brownish, stalk-like "claw" Шаблон:Convert long. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and has three lobes. The centre lobe is broad egg-shaped, about Шаблон:Convert wide with a ridge along its mid-line. The lateral lobes are narrow linear to triangular in shape, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. There are two ridge-like calli about Шаблон:Convert long near the mid-line of the labellum. Flowering occurs from September to November.

Taxonomy and naming

Diuris abbreviata was first formally described in 1873 by George Bentham from a previously unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller and Bentham's description was published in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet (abbreviata) is a Latin word meaning "shortened".

Distribution and habitat

The lemon doubletail grows in forest and grassland on the ranges and tablelands of New South Wales north of Barrington Tops to south-east Queensland.