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Corybas klossii
Corybas klossii (Ridl.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19 (1923) 21
Type: Kloss s.n. (Camp 12 to 13, 11000 to 12500 ft.) (holo BM)
Synonyms:
- Corysanthes klossii Ridl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9 (1916) 207
- Gastrosiphon klossii (Ridl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Orchadian 13 (2002) 448
Basionym: Corysanthes klossii
Stem 10 cm long. Leaf ovate, acute, sessile, with crenulate margins, 1.5 by 1 cm. Ovary with pedicel 5 cm long. Median sepal large, obovate, rounded, clawed, entire, 2 by 1 cm. Lateral sepals narrowly filiform-linear, 0.4 cm long. Petals filiform, 4 cm long. Lip obovate, 1.5 cm long, margins fimbriate, at the base tubular, with two short obtuse spurs. Anther large, cucullate. Pollinia semi-elliptic. Column wings short, broad, oblong, truncate. (After Ridley, 1916, as Corysanthes klossii Ridl.).
Median sepal white. Lip in the centre very dark purple, margins paler. Anther very dark purple. Pollinia yellow.
Probably terrestrial in upper montane forest. Altitude 3350-3800 m.
Malesia (New Guinea, endemic).
Papua (Indonesia). See map
Probably a cool growing terrestrial.
Not known
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Orchidoideae
- Tribe Diurideae
- Subtribe Acianthinae
- Genus Corybas
- Species Corybas klossii
- Royen, P. van, Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 79, fig. 46
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Corybas klossii
Corybas klossii (Ridl.) Schltr., draughtsperson not known, possibly Pieter van Royen, in Phanerog. Monogr. 16 (1983) 90, fig. 23
Corybas klossii
Corysanthes klossii Ridl., herbarium sheet, holotype specimen (BM)