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Internal ID UUID644004f348ae1280123972
Scientific name Pterostylis tanypoda
Authority D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem.
First published in Orchadian 12: 273 (1997)

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Pterostylis tanypoda, also known as the swan greenhood, is a type of greenhood orchid found only in New Zealand. It has a rosette of leaves on the ground and inconspicuous bluish-green and white-striped flowers. The plant is perennial and has an underground tuber. Its flowers are crowded on a fleshy stem and have a hood-like structure. The plant blooms from October to January. It was first described in 1997 and its name comes from the Greek words for "long" and "foot". This orchid is found in mountainous and subalpine grasslands on the eastern side of South Island.

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Hymenochilus tanypodus (D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones, M.A.Clem. & Molloy Austral. Orchid Res. 4: 74 (2002)

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English swan greenhood

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World Flora Online wfo-0000503359
Tropicos 100249031
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70029389-1
The Plant List kew-259902
Open Tree Of Life 740101
NCBI Taxonomy 672862
IPNI 70029389-1
iNaturalist 409634
GBIF 2847450
EOL 247772
Wikipedia Pterostylis_tanypoda

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