Caladenia atrovespa
| Thin-clubbed mantis orchid | |
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| Caladenia atrovespa growing on Black Mountain in the A.C.T. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Genus: | Caladenia |
| Species: | C. atrochila
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| Binomial name | |
| Caladenia atrochila | |
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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. It is similar to Caladenia tentaculata but has smaller flowers, sepals with narrower glandular tips, straight lateral sepals and a narrower labellum.[2] The species was first formally described by David Jones who gave it the name Arachnorchis atrovespa in The Orchadian from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory.[3] In 2010, Gary Backhouse transferred the species to Caladenia as C. atrovespa.[4] The specific epithet (atrovespa) is derived from the Latin words atra meaning "black" and vespa meaning "wasp", referring to the large black thynnid that pollinates this orchid.
This caladenia grows on slopes and ridges in drier forests in southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Caladenia atrovespa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ a b Jones, David L. (2008). "Twelve new species of Orchidaceae from south-eastern Australia". The Orchadian. 15 (12): 546. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "Arachnorchis atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ "Caladenia atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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