Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus
Appearance
Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dendrobium |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | D. m. subsp. macropus
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Trinomial name | |
Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus |
Dendrobium macropus subsp. macropus, commonly known as the Norfolk Island orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family. It is the nominate subspecies of Dendrobium macropus, which occurs in eastern Australia as well as in Fiji and New Caledonia.[1][2]
Description
It is an epiphytic orchid. The flowers are peloric; the blunt, linear-elliptic sepals and petals are 1 cm long; the labellum is undifferentiated. The whole population is presumed to be cleistogamous.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The subspecies is endemic to Australia's external territory of Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea. It is fairly common in forested parts of the island.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d " Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-02-13.
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