Sarcochilus australis

Butterfly orchid
Illustration from Hooker's Flora Antarctica[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Sarcochilus
Species:
S. australis
Binomial name
Sarcochilus australis
Synonyms[2]
  • Gunnia australis Lindl.
  • Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Gunnia picta Lindl.
  • Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell.
  • Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell.
  • Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Sarcochilus australis, commonly known as the butterfly orchid or Gunn's tree orchid,[3] is a small epiphytic orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has up to ten oblong, dark green leaves and up to fourteen small green to yellowish or brownish flowers with a mostly white labellum.

  1. ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1860). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. Pl. 128. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Sarcochilus australis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 447–448. ISBN 1877069124.