Nematoceras
| Nematoceras | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Subtribe: | Acianthinae |
| Genus: | Nematoceras Hook.f., 1853 |
| Species | |
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Nematoceras is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae), sometimes known as spider orchids, helmet orchids or spidery helmet-orchids, found mainly in New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, with two species on Australia’s Macquarie Island. The genus was absorbed by Corybas for a long period before being reinstated, but now it is accepted back into Corybas. Such is the nature of the turmoil in orchid taxonomy.
Species
- Nematoceras acuminatum Dancing Spider Orchid (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras dienemum Windswept Helmet Orchid (Macquarie Island)
- Nematoceras hypogaeum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras iridescens Big Red Spider Orchid (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras longipetalum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras macranthum Silver Back Orchid (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras oblongum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras orbiculatum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras panduratum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras papa (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras papillosum (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras rivulare (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras rotundifolium (New Zealand)
- Nematoceras sulcatum Grooved Helmet Orchid (Macquarie Island)
- Nematoceras trilobum (New Zealand)
Nematoceras Spider Orchid
Close-up of Nematoceras Spider Orchid
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References
- "New Zealand Native Orchids: Nematoceras". NZ Native Orchid Group. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
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