Английская Википедия:Caladenia georgei
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Italic title Шаблон:Speciesbox
Caladenia georgei, commonly known as the tuart spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single, hairy leaf and up to three whitish to yellowish-green flowers flushed with red and which have a white labellum with a red tip.
Description
Caladenia georgei is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single erect, hairy leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Up to three flowers Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a stalk Шаблон:Convert high. The flowers are whitish to yellowish-green, flushed with red while the lateral sepals have narrow, club-like, glandular tips. The lateral sepals and petals spread widely and curve downwards. The dorsal sepal is erect, Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide at the base, the lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and the petals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and white with a red tip. The sides of the labellum have spreading, red-tipped teeth up to Шаблон:Convert long and the tip of the labellum is curved downwards. There are four rows of red calli up to Шаблон:Convert long, along the centre of the labellum. Flowering occurs in September and October.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Caladenia georgei was first described in 2001 by Stephen Hopper and Andrew Phillip Brown from a specimen collected near Bunbury and the description was published in Nuytsia.[4] The specific epithet (georgei) honours Alex George.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Tuart spider orchid occurs between Yanchep and Busselton in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions where it grows in deep sandy soil in woodland, especially tuart woodland.[1][2][3][5]
Conservation
Caladenia georgei is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[5]
References
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- Caladenia
- Orchids of Western Australia
- Endemic orchids of Australia
- Plants described in 2001
- Endemic flora of Western Australia
- Taxa named by Stephen Hopper
- Taxa named by Andrew Phillip Brown
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
