Megastylis paradoxa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Megastylidinae
Genus: Megastylis
Species: Megastylis paradoxa
Name

Megastylis paradoxa (Kraenzl.) N.Hallé, Fl. Nouv.-Caléd. 8: 504 (1977)
Synonymy

Basionym
Phaius paradoxus Kraenzl., Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 74: 77 (1929)
Heterotypic
Lyperanthus humboldtianus Guillaumin, Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 4: 76 (1953)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia (Mt. Humboldt).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Hallé, N. 1977. Flore de la Nouvelle Calédonie et Dépendances 8: 504.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Megastylis paradoxa. Accessed: 2021 Aug 26.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Megastylis paradoxa in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 26. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Megastylis paradoxa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 26. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Megastylis paradoxa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Megastylis paradoxa. Published online. Accessed: 26 Aug 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Megastylis paradoxa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 26.

Vernacular names