Spiculaea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Drakaeinae
Genus: Spiculaea
Species: S. ciliata
Name

Spiculaea Lindl., Sketch Veg. Swan R.: 56 (1840)

monotypic taxon

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Australasia
Australia
Western Australia.

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

Lindley, J. (1840) Appendix to the first - A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. . . . 56.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 152 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Spiculaea. Accessed: 2022 Sep 2.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Spiculaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 2. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Spiculaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 2. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Spiculaea. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Spiculaea. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sep 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Spiculaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sep 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Elbow orchids