Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Orthoceras R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae (A.Rich.) M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy in Clements, 1: 100 (1989)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Diuris novae-zeelandiae A.Rich, Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 163, t. 25. f. 1 (1832)
  • = Orthoceras solandri Lindl. (1840)
  • = Orthoceras rubrum Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 273 (1885 [1886])
  • = Orthoceras caput-serpentis Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 490 (1889 [1890])
  • = Orthoceras strictum f. viride Hatch, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand, Bot. 2: 188 (1963)
Vernacular Name(s):
Ikaika; Māika; Māikaika; Mākukia; Māmāika; Parareka; Paratawhiti; Perei
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Clements, M.A. 1989: Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 1–160.
Colenso, W. 1886 ("1885"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants: being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 256–287.
Colenso, W. 1890: A description of some newly-discovered Phænogamic plants, being a further contribution towards the making-known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 459–493.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Hatch, E.D. 1963: Notes on New Zealand Orchids II. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Botany 2: 185–188.
Richard, A. 1832: Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle Zélande. In: Dumont d'Urville, J. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique. Tastu, Paris.