Английская Википедия:Genoplesium tasmanicum

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Genoplesium tasmanicum, commonly known as the Tasmanian midge orchid, is a species of small terrestrial orchid that is endemic to Tasmania. It has a single thin leaf and up to twenty five dark purplish-black and green flowers. It is widespread and common at lower altitudes.

Description

Genoplesium tasmanicum is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single thin leaf Шаблон:Convert long with the free part Шаблон:Convert long. Between three and twenty five dark purplish-black and green flowers are arranged along a flowering stem Шаблон:Convert long, reaching to a height of Шаблон:Convert. The flowers lean downwards and are about Шаблон:Convert wide. As with others in the genus, the flowers are inverted so that the labellum is above the column rather than below it. The dorsal sepal is lance-shaped to egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, about Шаблон:Convert wide and greenish with darker bands. The lateral sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide, greenish with a dark purplish base and separate from each other. The petals are egg-shaped, Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert wide and dark purplish with a paler base. The labellum is egg-shaped to elliptic, fleshy, dark purplish-black, about Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with tiny bumps on its lower surface. There is a dark purplish-black callus in the centre of the labellum and extending nearly to its tip. Flowering occurs from January to April.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

The Tasmanian midge orchid was first formally described in 1991 by David Jones from a specimen collected near Kingston, and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research.[3] In 2002, Jones and Mark Clements changed the name to Corunastylis tasmanica by the change is not accepted by the Australian Plant Census.[4][5] The specific epithet (tasmanicum) is the Latinised version of "Tasmania".[2]

Distribution and habitat

Genoplesium tasmanicum is widespread and common in Tasmania where it mostly grows with herbs, shrubs or grasses at altitudes up to Шаблон:Convert.[1][2]

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