Pterostylis splendens

Pterostylis splendens is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New Caledonia. It was first formally described in 1998 by David Jones and Mark Alwin Clements from a specimen cultivated at the Australian National Botanic Gardens from material collected in New Caledonia. The description was published in The Orchadian.[1][2] This greenhood orchid is found in damp forest and maquis on ultramafic soils at altitudes of 700 to 1,300 m (2,000 to 4,000 ft).[3]

Pterostylis splendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Pterostylis
Species:
P. splendens
Binomial name
Pterostylis splendens
Synonyms[1]
  • Taurantha splendens (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
  • Diplodium splendens (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

References
  1. "Pterostylis splendens". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. "Pterostylis splendens". APNI. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. "Pterostylis splendens". Endemia New Caledonia. Retrieved 18 July 2017.


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