Nematoceras

Nematoceras is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), sometimes known as spider orchids, helmet orchids or spidery helmet-orchids, found mainly in New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, with two species on Australia's Macquarie Island. The genus was originally described in 1853 by Joseph Dalton Hooker who published his description in The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae.^[1] In 2002 David Jones, Mark Clements and Brian Molloy transferred some species of Corybas to Nematoceras but the move has not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.^[2]

Species[]

Nematoceras acuminatum = Corybas acuminatus – dancing spider orchid (New Zealand)
Nematoceras dienemum = Corybas dienemus – windswept helmet orchid (Macquarie Island)
Nematoceras hypogaeum = Corybas trilobus (New Zealand)
Nematoceras iridescens = Corybas iridescens – big red spider orchid (New Zealand)
Nematoceras longipetalum = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras macranthum = – silver back orchid (New Zealand)
Nematoceras oblongum = Corybas oblongus (New Zealand)
Nematoceras orbiculatum = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras panduratum = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras papa = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras papillosum = – silver back orchid (New Zealand)
Nematoceras rivulare = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras rotundifolium = (New Zealand)
Nematoceras sulcatum = Corybas sulcatus – grooved helmet orchid (Macquarie Island)
Nematoceras trilobum = Corybas trilobus (New Zealand)

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