Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus
Corybas Salisb.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Corybas macranthus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f. (1871)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Nematoceras macranthum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 250, t. 57A (1853) – as macrantha
  • ≡ Corysanthes macrantha (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 266 (1864)
 Description

Plant at fl. c. 4–10 cm. tall. Green lf distinctly petiolate, petiole often longer than lamina; lamina to 3.5 × 3.5 cm., often smaller, orbicular to oblong-oval, apiculate, rounded at base, firm and fleshy in texture, silvery abaxially. Floral bract < ovary, narrow. Dorsal sepal mostly shorter than labellum, narrow-lanceolate, acute to shortly acuminate, arching over tubular part of labellum; lateral sepals long, filiform, greatly exceeding labellum. Petals similar to lateral sepals but us. much shorter. Labellum auriculate at base, lamina abruptly deflexed, broadly expanded all round, margin minutely denticulate with a median apiculus, inner surface rough with short, sharp, retrorse papillae.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2 as Corybas macranthus (Hook.f.) Rchb.f.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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