Thelymitra: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Thelymitra
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Thelymitra
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Thelymitra
Thelymitra, commonly known as sun orchids, is a genus of more than 100 species of plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Unlike most other orchids, sun orchids lack a highly modified labellum and all three petals are similar in size, shape and colour. The column is, however, highly modified and usually has prominent wings or glands which are helpful in identifying the species. Most sun orchids close their flowers at night, in cloudy or cool weather, giving rise to their common name. The scientific name means "woman's hood" and refers to the hooded column present in most, but not all species. Most species are endemic to Australia although some are found as far from there as the Philippines and Indonesia. The type species, Thelymitra longifolia, the first to be formally described, was collected in New Zealand.
...Thelymitra in languages:
- English
- Sun Orchids
- Russian
- Телимитра
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Thelymitra abrupta
- Thelymitra adorata
- Thelymitra aemula
- Thelymitra aggericola
- Thelymitra albiflora
- Thelymitra alcockiae
- Thelymitra alpicola
- Thelymitra alpina
- Thelymitra angustifolia
- Thelymitra antennifera
- Thelymitra apiculata
- Thelymitra arenaria
- Thelymitra aristata
- Thelymitra atronitida
- Thelymitra azurea
- Thelymitra basaltica
- Thelymitra batesii
- Thelymitra benthamiana
- Thelymitra bracteata
- Thelymitra brevifolia
- Thelymitra campanulata
- Thelymitra canaliculata
- Thelymitra carnea
- Thelymitra circumsepta
- Thelymitra colensoi
- Thelymitra cornicina
- Thelymitra corrugata
- Thelymitra crenulata
- Thelymitra crinita
- Thelymitra cucullata
- Thelymitra cyanapicata
- Thelymitra cyanea
- Thelymitra dedmaniarum
- Thelymitra epipactoides
- Thelymitra erosa
- Thelymitra exigua
- Thelymitra flexuosa
- Thelymitra forbesii
- Thelymitra formosa
- Thelymitra formosa × t hatchii
- Thelymitra fragrans
- Thelymitra frenchii
- Thelymitra fuscolutea
- Thelymitra glaucophylla
- Thelymitra graminea
- Thelymitra grandiflora
- Thelymitra granitora
- Thelymitra gregaria
- Thelymitra hatchii
- Thelymitra hiemalis
- Thelymitra holmesii
- Thelymitra hygrophila
- Thelymitra imbricata
- Thelymitra improcera
- Thelymitra incurva
- Thelymitra inflata
- Thelymitra intermedia
- Thelymitra ixioides
- Thelymitra jacksonii
- Thelymitra javanica
- Thelymitra jonesii
- Thelymitra juncifolia
- Thelymitra kangaloonica
- Thelymitra latifolia
- Thelymitra latiloba
- Thelymitra longifolia
- Thelymitra longiloba
- Thelymitra lucida
- Thelymitra luteocilium
- Thelymitra mackibbinii
- Thelymitra macrophylla
- Thelymitra maculata
- Thelymitra magnifica
- Thelymitra malvina
- Thelymitra matthewsii
- Thelymitra media
- Thelymitra megcalyptra
- Thelymitra mucida
- Thelymitra nemoralis
- Thelymitra nervosa
- Thelymitra nuda
- Thelymitra occidentalis
- Thelymitra odora
- Thelymitra orientalis
- Thelymitra pallidiflora
- Thelymitra pallidifructus
- Thelymitra paludosa
- Thelymitra papuana
- Thelymitra pauciflora
- Thelymitra peniculata
- Thelymitra petrophila
- Thelymitra planicola
- Thelymitra polychroma
- Thelymitra porphyrosticta
- Thelymitra psammophila
- Thelymitra pulchella
- Thelymitra pulcherrima
- Thelymitra purpurata
- Thelymitra purpureofusca
- Thelymitra queenslandica
- Thelymitra reflexa
- Thelymitra rubra
- Thelymitra rubricaulis
- Thelymitra sanscilia
- Thelymitra sarasiniana
- Thelymitra sargentii
- Thelymitra silena
- Thelymitra simulata
- Thelymitra spadicea
- Thelymitra sparsa
- Thelymitra speciosa
- Thelymitra spiralis
- Thelymitra stellata
- Thelymitra tholiformis
- Thelymitra tigrina
- Thelymitra uliginosa
- Thelymitra variegata
- Thelymitra venosa
- Thelymitra villosa
- Thelymitra viridis
- Thelymitra vulgaris
- Thelymitra x merraniae
- Thelymitra xanthotricha
- Thelymitra yorkensis
- Thelymitra × chasmogama
- Thelymitra × dentata
- Thelymitra × irregularis
- Thelymitra × macmillanii
- Thelymitra × truncata































































































































































