Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Pterostylis R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pterostylis agathicola D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem., 12: 266-267 (1997)
Synonymy:
  • = Pterostylis graminea var. rubricaulis H.B.Matthews in Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 351 (1925)
  • ≡ Pterostylis montana var. rubicaulis (H.B.Matthews ex Cheeseman) Hatch (1949) nom. inval.
  • = Pterostylis 'Rubricaulis'
 Description

Lvs us. spreading widely from stem which is sts but not invariably red. Tip of dorsal sepal us. arched upwards. Labellum ± open-W-shaped in T.S., near the apex bent forward and ± asymmetrically twisted, us. to right, its midrib prominent and almost excurrent in the obtuse tip between deflexed, ± pinched-in margins.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2 as Pterostylis graminea var. rubricaulis H.B.Matthews]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
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]
Jones, D.L.; Clements, M.A.; Molloy, B.P.J 2002: A Synopsis of the Subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 129–146.
Jones, D.L.; Molloy, B. P. J.; Clements, M. A. 1997: Six new species of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae) from New Zealand. The Orchadian 12(6): 266–281.