Family Orchidaceae Subfamily Orchidoideae Tribe Diurideae Subtribe Thelymitrinae
Thelymitrinae Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl. (1840) 442 (as Thelymitridae). Type: Thelymitra J. Forst. & G. Forst.
Synonyms:
- Tribe Thelymitreae (Lindl.) Endl., Mant. Bot. Suppl. 2 (1842) 21.
- Subfamily Thelymitroideae (Lindl.) Szlach., Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 36 (1991) 35.
Terrestrials, herbaceous, glabrous or hirsute. Tubers elongate, naked. Leaf solitary, rarely absent, sessile, cylindrical and terete or convolute, flat or channeled, sessile, erect, sometimes spirally twisted. lnflorescence racemose. Flowers resupinate, dull to brightly coloured. Sepals and petals rather subsimilar or different in shape. Lip immobile on the base of the column; not lobed or obscurely lobed, without calli or with a basal tuft of pseudo-anthers or with hair-like trichomes; nectar absent. Column with a column foot; pollinarium present; pollinia two or four. Fruit a dehiscent capsule.
(after Jones 2001)
Subtribe Thelymitrinae is distributed in Malesia, northern, southern and eastern Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand,Auckland Island and Chatham Islands.
- Jones, D.L.. Subtribe Thelymitrinae. In Pridgeon, A. M., P.J. Cribb, M.W. Chase & F.N. Rasmussen (Ed.). Genera Orchidacearum, Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part 2), Vanilloideae. 2003 xx.
- Family Orchidaceae
- Subfamily Epidendroideae
- Tribe Diurideae
- Subtribe Thelymitrinae
Subtribe Thelymitrinae in New Guinea contains 2 genera:
Calochilus
Thelymitra
ARTIFICIAL KEY TO THE GENERA OF THE SUBTRIBE THELYMITRINAE IN NEW GUINEA
1a. Sepals distinctly different from the petals in shape. Lip on underside with papillae, calli, or trichomes == Calochilus
1b. Sepals and petals rather similar in shape. Lip without papillae, calli or trichomes or with a basal tuft of linear calli == Thelymitra
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