Pterostylis anatona
Eungella greenhood | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Cranichideae |
Genus: | Pterostylis |
Species: | P. anatona
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Binomial name | |
Pterostylis anatona |
Pterostylis anatona, commonly known as the Eungella greenhood, is a species of orchid endemic to Queensland. It has a rosette of wrinkled leaves at the base of the plant and a single light green and white flower, reddish towards its tip. It grows in higher areas between Eungella and the Blackdown Tableland National Park.
Description[]
Pterostylis anatona is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a rosette of dark green, wrinkled leaves 15–45 mm (0.6–2 in) long and 9–18 mm (0.4–0.7 in) wide. A single light green and white flower 37–44 mm (1–2 in) long and 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) wide with a reddish-brown tip is borne on a spike 60–180 mm (2–7 in) high. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The dorsal sepal is slightly shorter than the petals. There is a wide gap between the galea and the lateral sepals. The lateral sepals are erect and have narrow tips 20–25 mm (0.8–1 in) long and a bulging V-shaped sinus between them. The labellum is 18–22 mm (0.7–0.9 in) long, about 4 mm (0.2 in) wide, reddish-brown and curved and protrudes above the sinus. Flowering occurs from June to August.[2]
Taxonomy and naming[]
Pterostylis anatona was first formally described in 1997 by David Jones and the description was published in The Orchadian from a specimen collected near Eungella.[1] The specific epithet (anatona) is a Latin word meaning "stretching or extending upward".[3]
Distribution and habitat[]
The Eungella greenhood grows in forest with a grassy understorey above 800 m (3,000 ft) between Eungella and the Blackdown Tableland.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Pterostylis anatona". APNI. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
- ^ a b Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 303. ISBN 978-1877069123.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 581.
- Pterostylis
- Endemic orchids of Australia
- Orchids of Queensland
- Plants described in 1997