Английская Википедия:Crepidium marsupichilum

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Crepidium marsupichilum, commonly known as the pouched spur orchid,[1] is a plant in the orchid family and is endemic to tropical far north Queensland. It is an evergreen, terrestrial orchid with an cone-shaped stem, light green, shiny leaves and a large number of purple flowers crowded along a green and purple flowering stem.

Description

Crepidium marsupichilum is a terrestrial, evergreen herb with an upright or leaning cone-shaped stem Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert wide. There are between four and six shiny, light green leaves with wavy edges, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. A large number of purple, non-resupinate flowers are crowded along a green and purple flowering stem Шаблон:Convert long. The flowers are about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The sepals are about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide, the dorsal sepal turned stiffly downwards and the lateral sepals spread apart from each other with their tips turned downwards. The petals are about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with their tips turned down. The labellum is horseshoe-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide with a blunt tip and smooth edges. Flowering occurs between January and April.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

The pouched spur orchid was first formally described in 1976 by Walter Thomas Upton who gave it the name Malaxis marsupichilum from a specimen collected in the McIlwraith Range. The description was published in The Orchadian.[3] In 1995 Dariusz Szlachetko changed the name to Crepidium marsupichilum.[4][5]

Distribution and habitat

Crepidium marsupichilum is widespread and common in tropical north Queensland including in the Iron Range and McIlwraith Range and on Torres Strait Islands where it grows in leaf litter in shady rainforest.[1][2]

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