Corybas globulus

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Corybas globulus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Corybas
Species:
C. globulus
Binomial name
Corybas globulus
(D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel.) L.M.Copel. & D.L.Jones [1]
Synonyms [2]

Corybas globulus is a species of helmet orchid endemic to a small area of the New England Tableland in northern New South Wales. It is a relatively small orchid with a bright green, heart-shaped leaf and a bulbous, dark reddish purple flower.

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Description

Corybas globulus is a terrestrial, tuberous, herbaceous plant that forms loose clonal colonies. It has a single heart-shaped leaf 15–30 mm (0.6–1 in) long, 10–30 mm (0.4–1 in) wide and bright green with reddish edges and lower surface. The flower is more or less spherical and 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) on a pinkish peduncle 5–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long. The dorsal sepal is dark reddish purple, 10–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) long on a stalk 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. The lateral sepals are 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in) long and the petals are about 5 mm (0.2 in) long, all in close contact with the labellum. The labellum is about as long as the dorsal sepal, tube-shaped and has three lobes. There are crowded rows of pink to red calli about 1 mm (0.04 in) long in a ridge about 2 mm (0.08 in) wide around the edge of the labellum. Flowering occurs from early May to mid June. [3]

Taxonomy and naming

This orchid was first formally described in 2016 by David Jones and Lachlan Copeland who gave it the name Anzybas globulus. The description was published in Australian Orchid Review from a specimen collected in the Washpool National Park. [4] In the same year, the same authorities changed the name to Corybas globulus "to allow for the different taxonomic views held at generic level within the subtribe". [1] The specific epithet (globulus) is the diminutive form of the Latin word globus meaning "ball" or "sphere", [5] hence "little sphere" in reference to the shape of the flower of this orchid. [3]

Distribution and habitat

The orchid grows in open forest with a dense shrubby understorey. It is only known from the Washpool and Gibraltar Range National Parks. [3]

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<i>Calochilus russeus</i> Species of orchid

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Corybas abditus, commonly known as the swamp helmet orchid or small helmet orchid , is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to Western Australia. It is a rare orchid with a single bluish green, heart-shaped leaf and a small flower with an enlarged dorsal sepal and tube-shaped labellum.

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<i>Corybas barbarae</i> Species of orchid

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<i>Corybas diemenicus</i> Species of orchid

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Corybas expansus, commonly known as the flared helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to South Australia. It has a heart-shaped to more or less round leaf and a single purplish flower with greenish or transparent areas. It is a vulnerable species, found in near-coastal sand and leaf litter.

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<i>Corybas incurvus</i> Species of orchid

Corybas incurvus, commonly known as the slaty helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a broad egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaf and a dark purple flower with a white patch in the middle.

Corybas × miscellus, commonly known as the hybrid helmet orchid, is a hybrid species of terrestrial orchid endemic to South Australia and a very small area in far western Victoria. It has a heart-shaped to more or less round leaf and a single reddish purple flower with greyish translucent areas. It is a natural hybrid between C. diemenicus and C. incurvus and shares the characteristics of the parent species.

<i>Corybas recurvus</i> Species of orchid

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<i>Corybas unguiculatus</i> Species of orchid

Corybas unguiculatus, commonly known as the small helmet orchid or pelicans, is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a widespread, sometimes common but small orchid with a single leaf and a single reddish purple to reddish black flower.

<i>Prasophyllum basalticum</i>

Prasophyllum basalticum is a species of orchid endemic to New South Wales. It has a single tubular, dark green leaf and up to fifteen scented, greenish-brown to brownish-red flowers with a white and green labellum. It grows in grassy woodland on the Northern Tablelands.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Corybas globulus". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "Corybas globulus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 1 2 3 Jones, David L.; Copeland, Lachlan M. (2016). "Four new species of Orchidaceae from the New England Tablelands of New South Wales". Australian Orchid Review. 81 (6): 40–41.
  4. "Anzybas globulus". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 119.