Pterostylis tanypoda

Pterostylis tanypoda, commonly known as the swan greenhood, is a species of greenhood orchid endemic to New Zealand. Both flowering and non-flowering plants have a rosette of leaves lying flat on the ground and flowering plants have up to seven crowded, inconspicuous bluish-green and white-striped flowers.

Swan greenhood
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Genus: Pterostylis
Species:
P. tanypoda
Binomial name
Pterostylis tanypoda
Synonyms[2]

Hymenochilus tanypodus (D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy

Description

Pterostylis tanypoda is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber. Non-flowering plants have a stalked rosette of bluish-green, egg-shaped leaves which are 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) long and 5–12 mm (0.2–0.5 in) wide. Up to seven bluish-green and white-striped flowers are crowded together on a fleshy flowering stem 20–100 mm (0.8–4 in) high with many stem leaves similar to the rosette leaves but smaller. The dorsal sepal and petals are fused, forming a hood or "galea" over the column. The galea is 5–10 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long and wide with the dorsal sepal slightly longer than the petals. The lateral sepals are downturned and joined together. The labellum is short, broad and blunt with a dark green lobe on the upper end. Flowering occurs from October to January.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Pterostylis tanypoda was first formally described in 1997 by David Jones, Brian Molloy and Mark Clements from a specimen collected near Castle Hill. The description was published in The Orchadian.[1][2] The specific epithet (tanypoda) is derived from the Ancient Greek words tany- meaning "long"[5]:494 and pous meaning "foot".[5]:343

Distribution and habitat

This greenhood grows in montane and subalpine grassland on the eastern side of South Island between Marlborough and Southland.[3][4]

References
  1. "Pterostylis tanypoda". APNI. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  2. "Pterostylis tanypoda". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. de Lange, Peter James. "Pterostylis tanypoda". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. "Pterostylis tanypoda". New Zealand Native Orchid Group. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  5. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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