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Leporella

Index Leporella

Leporella fimbriata, commonly known as hare orchid or fringed hare orchid, is the only species in the flowering plant genus Leporella in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to the southern Australia mainland. [1]

47 relations: A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony, Alex George, Anglesea, Victoria, Ant, Australia, Botanical name, Caladenia, Capsule (fruit), Column (botany), Deciduous, Dehiscence (botany), Eyre Peninsula, Family (biology), Ferdinand von Mueller, Flowering plant, Genus, Gland (botany), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Herbaceous plant, Israelite Bay, Western Australia, John Lindley, Labellum (botany), Latin, List of Orchidaceae genera, List of the orchids of Western Australia, Melbourne, Myrmecia (ant), Myrmecia urens, Myrmecophyte, Nuytsia, Nuytsia (journal), Orchidaceae, Perennial plant, Petal, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Pollination, Sepal, Sexual intercourse, Shark Bay, South Australia, Stolon, Sympodial, Tuber, Tunica (biology), Victoria (Australia), Western Australia, Yorke Peninsula.

A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony

"A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony", also known by its standard botanical abbreviation Sketch Veg.

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Alex George

Alexander Segger George (born 4 April 1939) is a Western Australian botanist.

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Anglesea, Victoria

Anglesea is a town in Victoria, Australia.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Botanical name

A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).

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Caladenia

Caladenia, commonly known as spider orchids, is a genus of 350 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae.

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Capsule (fruit)

In botany a capsule is a type of simple, dry, though rarely fleshy dehiscent fruit produced by many species of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Column (botany)

The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dehiscence (botany)

Dehiscence is the splitting along a built-in line of weakness in a plant structure in order to release its contents, and is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia.

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Eyre Peninsula

The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (German: Müller) (30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gland (botany)

In plants, a gland is defined functionally as a plant structure which secretes one or more products.

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Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants (in botanical use frequently simply herbs) are plants that have no persistent woody stem above ground.

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Israelite Bay, Western Australia

Israelite Bay (postcode: 6452) is a bay and locality on the south coast of Western Australia - frequently mentioned in Bureau of Meteorology weather reports as a geographical marker – it does not have a climate record.

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John Lindley

John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.

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Labellum (botany)

In botany, the labellum (or lip) is the part of the flower of an orchid or Canna, or other less-known genera that serves to attract insects, which pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for them.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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List of Orchidaceae genera

This is a list of genera in the Orchid family (Orchidaceae), originally according to - L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz.

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List of the orchids of Western Australia

Among the many wildflowers in Western Australia, there are around four hundred species of orchids.

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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Myrmecia (ant)

Myrmecia is a genus of ants first established by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1804.

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Myrmecia urens

Myrmecia urens is a species of ant in the genus Myrmecia (bulldog ants) found in Australia.

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Myrmecophyte

Myrmecophyte (mər′mek•ə‚fīt; literally "ant-plant") is a plant that lives in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants.

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Nuytsia

Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic plant found in Western Australia.

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Nuytsia (journal)

Nuytsia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Western Australian Herbarium.

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Orchidaceae

The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family.

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.

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Plant Systematics and Evolution

Plant Systematics and Evolution is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal covering systematic botany and evolutionary biology.

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Pollination

Pollination is the transfer of pollen from a male part of a plant to a female part of a plant, enabling later fertilisation and the production of seeds, most often by an animal or by wind.

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Sepal

A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).

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Sexual intercourse

Sexual intercourse (or coitus or copulation) is principally the insertion and thrusting of the penis, usually when erect, into the vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.

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Shark Bay

Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Stolon

In biology, stolons (from Latin stolō "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms.

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Sympodial

In botany, sympodial growth is a specialized lateral growth pattern in which the apical meristem is terminated and growth is continued by one or more lateral meristems, which repeat the process.

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Tuber

Tubers are enlarged structures in some plant species used as storage organs for nutrients.

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Tunica (biology)

In biology, a tunica (plural tunicae) is a layer, coat, sheath, or similar covering.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Yorke Peninsula

The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located north-west and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east.

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Fringed Hare Orchid, Fringed hare orchid, L. fimbriata, Leporella fimbriata.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leporella

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