Chiloglottis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Chiloglottis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Chiloglottis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chiloglottis
Chiloglottis, commonly known as wasp orchids, ant orchids or bird orchids, is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is found in eastern Australia and New Zealand. Wasp orchids are terrestrial herbs which grow in colonies of genetically identical plants. They usually have two leaves at the base of the plant and a single resupinate ("upside-down") flower. The labellum is more or less diamond-shaped and has calli resembling the body of a wingless female wasp.
...Chiloglottis in languages:
- English
- bird and wasp orchids
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Chiloglottis anaticeps
- Chiloglottis chlorantha
- Chiloglottis cornuta
- Chiloglottis curviclavia
- Chiloglottis diphylla
- Chiloglottis formicifera
- Chiloglottis grammata
- Chiloglottis gunnii
- Chiloglottis jeanesii
- Chiloglottis longiclavata
- Chiloglottis palachila
- Chiloglottis platyptera
- Chiloglottis pluricallata
- Chiloglottis reflexa
- Chiloglottis seminuda
- Chiloglottis sphaerula
- Chiloglottis sphyrnoides
- Chiloglottis sylvestris
- Chiloglottis trapeziformis
- Chiloglottis triceratops
- Chiloglottis trilabra
- Chiloglottis trullata
- Chiloglottis truncata
- Chiloglottis turfosa
- Chiloglottis valida
- Chiloglottis × pescottiana































































































































































