Английская Википедия:Caladenia procera
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Caladenia procera, commonly known as the Carbunup king spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and up to four greenish-yellow and red flowers. It is one of the tallest and has amongst the largest flowers of the spider orchids.
Description
Caladenia procera is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and which occurs as single plants or in small clumps. It has a single erect, pale green, hairy leaf, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Up to four greenish-yellow and red flowers Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a stalk Шаблон:Convert tall. The sepals have thick, yellowish-brown, club-like glandular ends Шаблон:Convert long. The dorsal sepal is erect, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals are Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide and turn downward so that they are about parallel to each other. The petals are Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide and upswept. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and greenish-yellow with a red tip which curls under. The sides of the labellum have yellowish, linear teeth up to Шаблон:Convert long and there are four rows of red calli up to Шаблон:Convert long, along the mid-line of the labellum. Flowering occurs from September to October.[1][2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Caladenia procera was first described in 2001 by Stephen Hopper and Andrew Phillip Brown from a specimen collected near Carbunup River and the description was published in Nuytsia.[6] The specific epithet (procera) is a Latin word meaning "tall", "slender" or "long"[7] referring to the tall flowering stem of this orchid.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The Carbunup king spider orchid is found in a few locations south-west of Busselton in the Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic region where it grows in jarrah, marri and peppermint woodland.[1][2][4][8]
Conservation
Caladenia procera is classified as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife and is listed as "Critically Endangered" under the Australian government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The main threats to the species are land clearing, road and firebreak maintenance and inappropriate fire regimes.[4][5][8]
References
- Английская Википедия
- Caladenia
- Endemic orchids of Australia
- Orchids of Western Australia
- Plants described in 2001
- Endemic flora of Western Australia
- Taxa named by Stephen Hopper
- Taxa named by Andrew Phillip Brown
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