Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum
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| File:Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum.jpg | |
| Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum growing near BNombala | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Prasophyllinae |
| Genus: | Prasophyllum |
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P. wilkinsoniorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum |
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Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum is a species of orchid endemic toNew South Wales. It has a single tubular, bright green leaf and up to forty five scented, dark greenish-brown to brownish-red flowers with a green to pinkish labellum. It grows in grassy places in a resrticted area on the Southern Tablelands.
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Description
Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single bright green, tube-shaped leaf, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long with a white to reddish base. Between fifteen and forty five flowers are arranged along a flowering spike up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). high. The flowers are dark greenish-brown to brownish-red and scented. 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 egg-shaped to lance-shaped, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide and turned downwards. The lateral sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide and the petals are linear to narrow lance-shaped, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long and about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide. The labellum is green to pinkish, broadly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide and turns sharply upwards with wavy edges. There is a fleshy green to brown callus in the centre of the labellum. Flowering occurs from December to January.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum was first formally described in 2000 by David Jones from a specimen collected near Tantawangalo and the description was published in The Orchadian.[1]
Distribution and habitat
This leek orchid grows between Cathcart and Tantawangalo, usually in grassy flat areas.[2]
References
External links
Media related to Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Prasophyllum wilkinsoniorum at Wikispecies
