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Acianthinae_species
Corybas arachnoideus (Schltr.) Schltr.
Nomenclature
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Synonyms: 2
- holotype: Schlechter 20276 (B (+))
SUMMARY
Plant: Small, 3-5 cm high terrestrial.
Tuber: not known
Stem: not known
Cataphyll: not known
Leaves: ovate or cordate, 13 - 17 by 7 - 9 mm, acuminate to subcordate.
Pedicel: not known
Bract: lanceolate, acuminate, slightly longer than ovary.
Ovary: oblong- cylindric, 2.5 mm long, glabrous.
Flower: whitish, lip on inside with a broad red band parallel to margin.
Median sepal: spathulate, boatshaped, strongly curved but tip curving upwards, 12 mm long, narrowly acute at tip.
Lateral sepals: linear, 25 mm long. (assumed reversed)
Lateral petals: linear, 23 mm long (assumed reversed).
Lip: from a short, tubular basal part abruptly curving downward and widening into a suborbicular limb, about as long as median sepal, retuse at tip but midrib apiculate, margin minutely serrate
Boss: conoid.
Spurs: conoid.
Capsule: not seen.
Type: Schlechter 20276 (B, + ).
Distribution: Torricelli Mt
Ecology: Not known.