| Brindabella midge orchid | |
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| In the Namadgi National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Genus: | Genoplesium |
| Species: | G. ectopum
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| Binomial name | |
| Genoplesium ectopum | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Genoplesium ectopum, commonly known as the Brindabella spider orchid or ectopic midge orchid and as Corunastylis ectopa in Australia, is a small terrestrial orchid endemic to the Australian Capital Territory. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to thirty five small, green and reddish purple flowers. It is only known from the Brindabella Range where it grows in Eucalyptus forest.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
APNIwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Genoplesium ectopum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.