Leporella

Fringed hare orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Subtribe: Megastylidinae
Genus: Leporella
A.S.George [1]
Species: L. fimbriata
Binomial name
Leporella fimbriata
(Lindl.) A.S.George
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptoceras fimbriata Lindl.
  • Caladenia fimbriata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Eriochilus fimbriatus (Lindl.) F.Muell.
  • Leptoceras pectinata Lindl.
  • Caladenia fimbriata var. pectinata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Leporella is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. The sole species is the fringed hare orchid, Leporella fimbriata, which is found in the western half of Victoria, and across southern South Australia to southern Western Australia.[2]

This orchid is a myrmecophyte and can only be pollinated by its winged male ant partner (Myrmecia urens, Formicidae).[3]

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References

  1. ↑ A. S. George (1971). "A checklist of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia". Nuytsia 1 (2): 166–196.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Rod Peakall (1989). "The unique pollination of Leporella fimbriata (Orchidaceae): pollination by pseudocopulating male ants (Myrmecia urens, Formicidae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution 167 (3–4): 137–148. doi:10.1007/BF00936402.

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