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Genoplesium nudum (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Family Orchidaceae
Common name: Tiny Midge Orchid

Genoplesium nudum (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*

Synonyms: Prasophyllum hopsonii Rupp APNI*
Corunastylis nuda (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. APNI*
Prasophyllum nudum Hook.f. APNI*
Prasophyllum transversum Fitzg. APNI*
Prasophyllum beaugleholei Nicholls APNI*

Description: Terrestrial herb 10–30 cm high.

Inflorescence moderately dense, 1–3.5 cm long, 5–40-flowered.

Flowers 2–3 mm across, nodding, green and red or wholly reddish purple. Dorsal sepal ovate, c. 2 mm long, c. 1.6 mm wide, margins entire. Lateral sepals lanceolate, 3–3.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, divergent, gland-tipped. Petals ovate, c. 1.6 mm long, c. 0.8 mm wide, acute. Labellum ovate, thick and fleshy, c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, margins finely toothed to very shortly ciliate; callus ovate, extending nearly to the labellum apex.


Flowering: December–March

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in moist, grassy areas in sclerophyll forest, south from the New England region.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
AVH map***

Text by D. L. Jones
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


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