Calanthe triplicata

Common Christmas orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Calanthe
Species:	C. triplicata
Binomial name
	Calanthe triplicata; (Willemet) Ames
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Orchis triplicata Willemet (1796) ; Alismorkis angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) Kuntze (1891) ; Alismorkis diploxiphion (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1891) ; Alismorkis furcata (Bateman ex Lindl.) Kuntze (1891) ; Alismorkis gracillima (Lindl.) Kuntze (1891) ; Alismorkis veratrifolia (Willd.) Kuntze (1891) ; Amblyglottis veratrifolia (Willd.) Blume (1825) ; Bletia quadrifida Hook.f. (1890) ; Calanthe angraeciflora Rchb.f. (1876) ; Calanthe australasica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (2006) ; Calanthe bracteosa Rchb.f. (1882) ; Calanthe brevicolumna Hayata (1911) ; Calanthe catilligera Rchb.f. (1857) ; Calanthe celebica Rolfe (1899) ; Calanthe comosa Rchb.f. (1846) ; Calanthe diploxiphion Hook.f. (1890) ; Calanthe furcata Bateman ex Lindl. (1838) ; Calanthe furcata f. albolineata K. Nakaj. (1969) ; Calanthe furcata f. albomarginata K. Nakaj. (1969) ; Calanthe furcata f. brevicolumna (Hayata) M. Hiroe (1971) ; Calanthe gracillima Lindl. (1855) ; Calanthe matsumurana Schltr. (1906) ; Calanthe millotae Ursch & Genoud ex Bosser (1966) ; Calanthe nephroglossa Schltr. (1911) ; Calanthe orthocentron Schltr. (1912) ; Calanthe perrottetii A. Rich. (1841) ; Calanthe proboscidea Rchb.f. (1884) ; Calanthe pubescens Ridl. (1923) ; Calanthe rubicallosa Masam. (1975) ; Calanthe triplicata f. albolineata (K. Nakaj.) Hatus. (1971) ; Calanthe triplicata f. albomarginata (K. Nakaj.) K. Nakaj. (1973) ; Calanthe triplicata var. angraeciflora (Rchb.f.) N. Hallé (1977) ; Calanthe triplicata var. gracillima (Lindl.) N. Hallé (1998) ; Calanthe triplicata var. minahassae Schltr. (1925) ; Calanthe veratrifolia (Willd.) R.Br. ex Ker Gawl. (1823) ; Calanthe veratrifolia var. australis Linden (1851) ; Calanthe veratrifolia var. dupliciloba J.J. Sm. (1922) ; Calanthe veratrifolia var. kennyi F.M. Bailey (1912) ; Calanthe veratrifolia var. lancipetala J.J. Sm. (1930) ; Calanthe veratrifolia var. stenochila Rchb.f. (1897) ; Limodorum ventricosum Steud. (1821) ; Limodorum veratrifolium Willd. (1805) ;

Calanthe triplicata commonly known as the common Christmas orchid^[2] is a plant in the orchid family and is native to Oceania, Asia, Pacific islands, and the islands of eastern Africa. It is a terrestrial orchid that grows in clumps with crowded pseudobulbs, dark green corrugated leaves and up to forty white flowers. The sepals and petals are similar to each other and the labellum has three spreading lobes and a yellow callus.

^ ^a ^b "Calanthe triplicata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 353–354. ISBN 1877069124.

[WCSP-1] "Calanthe triplicata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[Jones-2] Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. pp. 353–354. ISBN 1877069124.

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