Kingdom Plantae Subfamily Orchidoideae Subtribe Drakaeinae Order Asparagales | Family Orchidaceae Tribe Diurideae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Cryptostylis, Acianthus, Pterostylis, Calochilus, Microtis | ||
Chiloglottis is a small genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae.
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The botanical name of the genus is derived from Greek words, referring to the tongue-shaped lip. The type species is Chiloglottis diphylla R.Br..
This genus of deciduous, terrestrial orchids is indigenous to Australia and New Zealand (including Chatham Island and the Antipodes).
The species have 1 to 4 paired oblong-lanceolate, glabrous leaves (usually two) and subterranean tuberoids. The flowers have 4 pollina. The short peduncle elongates after fertilisation of the flower. The flower is insect-pollinated by sexual deception (pseudocopulation) of specific wasps. The lip has raised calli, whose structures mimic the flightless female of the wasp pollinator.
Chiloglottis valida
List of species
- Chiloglottis anaticeps D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 37 (1991).
- Chiloglottis chlorantha D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 37 (1991).
- Chiloglottis cornuta Hook.f., Fl. Antarct.: 69 (1844).
- Chiloglottis diphylla R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 323 (1810).
- Chiloglottis formicifera Fitzg., Austral. Orch. 1(3): t. 9 (1877).
- Chiloglottis grammata G.W.Carr, Indig. Fl. Fauna Assoc. Misc. Pap. 1: 20 (1991).
- Chiloglottis gunnii Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 387 (1840).
- Chiloglottis jeanesii D.L.Jones, Muelleria 10: 64 (1997).
- Chiloglottis longiclavata D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 38 (1991).
- Chiloglottis palachila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 39 (1991).
- Chiloglottis × pescottiana R.S.Rogers, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, n.s., 30: 139 (1918).
- Chiloglottis platyptera D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 39 (1991).
- Chiloglottis pluricallata D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 40 (1991).
- Chiloglottis reflexa (Labill.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 614 (1917).
- Chiloglottis seminuda D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 41 (1991).
- Chiloglottis sphaerula D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 5: 73 (2006).
- Chiloglottis sphyrnoides D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 41 (1991).
- Chiloglottis sylvestris D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 98: 123 (1987).
- Chiloglottis trapeziformis Fitzg., Austral. Orch. 1(3): t. 9 (1877).
- Chiloglottis triceratops D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 3: 66 (1998).
- Chiloglottis trullata D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 42 (1991).
- Chiloglottis truncata D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 98: 124 (1987).
- Chiloglottis turfosa D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 43 (1991).
- Chiloglottis valida D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 43 (1991).
Intergeneric hybrid: Chiloglottis × pescottiana R.S.Rogers, (1918).: (Chiloglottis valida x Myrmechila trapeziformis) : Alpine Bird Orchid (SE Australia)