Английская Википедия:Cyanicula fragrans

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Cyanicula fragrans, commonly known as the fragrant china orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is similar to the other china orchids, especially C. ashbyae but has a paler green leaf, vanilla-scented flowers and a more northerly distribution.

Description

Cyanicula fragrans is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber. It has a single prostrate leaf, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and which is pale green with bristly hairs. One or two bluish-mauve or blue flowers Шаблон:Convert long and wide are borne on a stalk Шаблон:Convert tall. On rare occasions the flower is white. The dorsal sepal is erect, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The lateral sepals and petals have about the same dimensions as the dorsal sepal. The labellum is relatively flat, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, bluish and white with the tip turned downwards. There are many rows of small, bead-like calli covering the labellum. Flowering occurs from August to September.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Cyanicula fragrans was first formally described in 2000 Stephen Hopper and Andrew Brown from a specimen collected near Paynes Find and the description was published in Lindleyana.[4] The specific epithet (fragrans) is a Latin word meaning "smelling agreeably", referring to the rich fragrance of the flowers.[2]

Distribution and habitat

The fragrant china orchid is found between Beacon and Mullewa in the Avon Wheatbelt, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions growing on and near low granite outcrops.[1][2][3][5]

Conservation

Cyanicula fragrans is classified as "Priority Three" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife[5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[6]

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