Английская Википедия:Diuris tricolor

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Diuris tricolor, commonly known as the long-tailed donkey orchid[1] or pine donkey orchid,[2] is a species of orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has up to three grass-like leaves and up to six orange-coloured to yellow flowers with white and purplish tints. The lateral sepals are unusually long.

Description

Diuris tricolor is a tuberous, perennial herb with up to three linear leaves Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and folded lengthwise. Between two and six orange-coloured to yellow flowers with white and purplish tints, Шаблон:Convert wide are borne on a flowering stem Шаблон:Convert tall. The dorsal sepal curves upwards, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and broadly egg-shaped. The lateral sepals are narrow linear, Шаблон:Convert long, much less than Шаблон:Convert wide and turned downwards. The petals are more or less erect or turned backwards, egg-shaped to elliptic, the blade Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide on a reddish purple stalk Шаблон:Convert long. The labellum is Шаблон:Convert long and has three lobes. The centre lobe is egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long and wide with a central ridge. The side lobes are Шаблон:Convert long and about Шаблон:Convert wide. There are two callus ridges about Шаблон:Convert long near the mid-line of the labellum. Flowering occurs from September to November.[1][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Diuris tricolor was first formally described in 1885 by Robert FitzGerald and the description was published in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.[5][6] The specific epithet (tricolor) is derived from the Latin prefix tri- meaning "three",[7]Шаблон:Rp and color meaning "hue", "tint" or "complexion".[7]Шаблон:Rp

In 1940, Herman Rupp described D. colemaniae[8] in honour of Edith Coleman and which he noted had shorter lateral sepals and a "quite different" labellum.[9] Diuris colemaniae is now regarded as a synonym of D. tricolor.[10]

Distribution

The long-tailed donkey orchid grows in grassland and forest in south-east Queensland, sporadically south from Deepwater in New South Wales, and in the Australian Capital Territory. A single specimen has been recorded in Victoria, just south of the border.[1][2][3]

Conservation

Diuris tricolor is classed as Vulnerable in New South Wales under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[2] The main threats to the species are habitat alteration and grazing by rabbits and goats.[2]

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