Genoplesium nudum

Tiny midge orchid
Genoplesium nudum growing in Namadgi National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Genoplesium
Species:
G. nudum
Binomial name
Genoplesium nudum
Synonyms[1]
  • Prasophyllum nudum Hook.f.
  • Corunastylis nuda (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Genoplesium nudum, commonly known as the tiny midge orchid in Australia or the red midge orchid in New Zealand, is a small terrestrial orchid native to south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. It has a single thin leaf fused to the flowering stem and up to forty small, reddish-purple or green and red flowers. Australian and New Zealand authorities use the name Corunastylis nuda[2][3][4] but Genoplesium nudum[1] and Prasophyllum transversum[5] are used by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.

  1. ^ a b "Genoplesium nudum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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  5. ^ "Prasophyllum transversum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.