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Calochilus platychilus

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Calochilus platychilus
Calochilus platychilus growing on Black Mountain in the A.C.T.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Calochilus
Species:
C. platychilus
Binomial name
Calochilus platychilus

Calochilus platychilus is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It was first formally described in 2008 by David Jones and the description was published in The Orchadian from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the A.C.T.[1] The specific epithet (platychilus) is derived from the Ancient Greek words πλατύς (platús) meaning “flat”[2]: 167  and cheilos meaning "lip".[2]: 486 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Calochilus platychilus". APNI. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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