Английская Википедия:Acianthus exsertus
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Acianthus exsertus, commonly known as gnat orchid[1] or large mosquito orchid,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a terrestrial herb with a single, heart-shaped leaf and up to 25 small, fine, dark brown flowers with pinkish and purplish markings and is found growing in sheltered places in forests in Queensland, New South Wales the ACT and Victoria.
Description
Acianthus exsertus is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, sympodial herb with a single heart-shaped, glabrous, dark green leaf that is reddish-purple on its lower surface. The leaf is Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide.[1][3][4][2]
There are from 3 to 25 flowers, well-spaced on a thin raceme, Шаблон:Convert tall, each flower Шаблон:Convert long. The dorsal sepal is linear to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide with a point Шаблон:Convert long with a red central stripe and forms a hood only partly covering the column. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, linear to narrow lance-shaped, with a tip Шаблон:Convert long and project forwards parallel to each other or diverging. The petals are a similar colour and are Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide, linear to narrow egg-shaped and turn towards the ovary. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert wide, Шаблон:Convert wide, heart-shaped to elliptic, dished near the base with the edges rolled under but lacking teeth. The thick, fleshy callus has many small pimple-like papillae on the outer half. Flowering occurs from March to August.[1][2][3][4]
This species is distinguished from other mosquito orchids by its relatively large, well-spaced, dark coloured flowers and by the dorsal sepal which does not cover the column.[1]
Taxonomy and naming
Acianthus exsertus was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1810 and the description was published in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (exsertus) is a Latin word meaning to "stretch out" or "thrust out".[7]
Distribution and habitat
This orchid is widespread and locally common, sometimes in coastal areas but more usually on the ranges and tablelands in sheltered forest and woodland, growing in well-drained soil. In Queensland, it occurs as far north as Rockhampton, in New South Wales in most regions of the coast and tablelands and in eastern Victoria, from sea level to an altitude of Шаблон:Convert.[1][2][3][4]
Conservation
Acianthus exsertus is not threatened in New South Wales.[3]
References
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- Orchids of New South Wales
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- Endemic orchids of Australia
- Plants described in 1810
- Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
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