Closed burr orchid | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dendrobium |
Species: | D. reconditum
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Binomial name | |
Dendrobium reconditum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dendrobium reconditum, commonly known as the closed burr orchid, [2] is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Moa Island in the Torres Strait. It has a single thin leaf on a thin stem and a small white, more or less spherical flower that does not open. It grows on rough-barked trees in rainforest.
Dendrobium reconditum is an epiphytic herb that usually forms small clumps. It has a flattened stem, 40–70 mm (2–3 in) long and about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide with a single thin, dark green leaf 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) wide. There is a single, more or less spherical white flower about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter with fleshy tubercles about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide on the ovary. Flowering occurs between January and July but the flower does not open. [2] [3] [4]
The closed burr orchid was first formally described in 2006 by David Jones and Mark Clements from a specimen collected on Moa Peak on the northern end of Moa Island. It was given the name Cadetia clausa and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research. [5] In 2011, André Schuiteman and Peter Adams changed the name to Dendrobium reconditum, referring to studies of molecular phylogenetics. [6] [7] The specific epithet (reconditum) is a Latin word meaning "hidden" or "concealed", [8] referring to the cleistogamous flowers. [7]
The closed burr orchid grows on rough-barked trees in rainforest on low hills and is only known from Moa Island. [2] [4]
Closed burr orchid | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Dendrobium |
Species: | D. reconditum
|
Binomial name | |
Dendrobium reconditum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Dendrobium reconditum, commonly known as the closed burr orchid, [2] is an epiphytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Moa Island in the Torres Strait. It has a single thin leaf on a thin stem and a small white, more or less spherical flower that does not open. It grows on rough-barked trees in rainforest.
Dendrobium reconditum is an epiphytic herb that usually forms small clumps. It has a flattened stem, 40–70 mm (2–3 in) long and about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide with a single thin, dark green leaf 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) wide. There is a single, more or less spherical white flower about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter with fleshy tubercles about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide on the ovary. Flowering occurs between January and July but the flower does not open. [2] [3] [4]
The closed burr orchid was first formally described in 2006 by David Jones and Mark Clements from a specimen collected on Moa Peak on the northern end of Moa Island. It was given the name Cadetia clausa and the description was published in Australian Orchid Research. [5] In 2011, André Schuiteman and Peter Adams changed the name to Dendrobium reconditum, referring to studies of molecular phylogenetics. [6] [7] The specific epithet (reconditum) is a Latin word meaning "hidden" or "concealed", [8] referring to the cleistogamous flowers. [7]
The closed burr orchid grows on rough-barked trees in rainforest on low hills and is only known from Moa Island. [2] [4]