Paracaleana

Paracaleana
Paracaleana minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Subtribe: Drakaeinae
Genus: Paracaleana

Paracaleana is a genus of some thirteen species of orchids found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been recorded in the Northern Territory.[1][2]

Species

Species accepted by Kew Garden as of May 2014:[3]

  1. Paracaleana alcockii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  2. Paracaleana brockmanii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  3. Paracaleana disjuncta D.L.Jones - Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
  4. Paracaleana dixonii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  5. Paracaleana gracilicordata Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  6. Paracaleana granitica Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  7. Paracaleana hortiorum Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  8. Paracaleana lyonsii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  9. Paracaleana minor (R.Br.) Blaxell - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, North Island of New Zealand
  10. Paracaleana nigrita (Lindl.) Blaxell - Western Australia
  11. Paracaleana parvula Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  12. Paracaleana terminalis Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
  13. Paracaleana triens Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ Weston, P.H. "Paracaleana". Plantnet - NSW Flora Online. NSW Government. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (2006). Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19: 211-244.
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Paracaleana

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