Notes on Australasian Orchids 6: a new species of Rhizanthella (Diurideae, subtribe Prasophyllinae) from Eastern Australia



Document title: Notes on Australasian Orchids 6: a new species of Rhizanthella (Diurideae, subtribe Prasophyllinae) from Eastern Australia
Journal: Lankesteriana
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000456089
ISSN: 1409-3871
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Australia
Year:
Season: May-Ago
Volumen: 20
Number: 2
Pages: 221-227
Country: Costa Rica
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Rhizanthella speciosa, a new species of the remarkable Australian underground orchids, is described as new from New South Wales. The new species, which is morphologically distinct and apparently also genetically distinct from its congeners and strikingly beautiful with its sea-anemone-like flowerheads and prominent attenuate sepals, grows in a different habitat than its geographically closest relative
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Taxonomía y sistemática,
Angiospermas,
Nuevas especies,
Descripción taxonómica,
Rhizanthella speciosa,
Orchidaceae,
Australia
Keyword: Taxonomy and systematics,
Angiosperms,
New species,
Taxonomic description,
Rhizanthella speciosa,
Orchidiaceae,
Australia
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