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Thin Clubbed Mantis Orchid

Caladenia atrovespa (D. L. Jones) G. N. Backh.

Caladenia atrovespa

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Caladenia atrovespa, commonly known as the thin-clubbed mantis orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single hairy leaf. The species was first formally described by David Jones in 2008 and given the name Arachnorchis atrovespa from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory. The description was published in The Orchadian.[2] In 2010, Gary Backhouse changed the name to Caladenia atrovespa.[1] The specific epithet (atrovespa) is derived from the Latin words atra meaning "black"[3]: 148  and vespa meaning "wasp".[3]: 835 

References

  1. ^ a b c "Caladenia atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Arachnorchis atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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Caladenia atrovespa: Brief Summary

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Caladenia atrovespa, commonly known as the thin-clubbed mantis orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single hairy leaf. The species was first formally described by David Jones in 2008 and given the name Arachnorchis atrovespa from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory. The description was published in The Orchadian. In 2010, Gary Backhouse changed the name to Caladenia atrovespa. The specific epithet (atrovespa) is derived from the Latin words atra meaning "black": 148  and vespa meaning "wasp".: 835 

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