Genoplesium pumilum

Green midge orchid
Genoplesium pumilum growing near Erowal Bay
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. pumilum
Binomial name
Genoplesium pumilum
Synonyms[1]
  • Prasophyllum pumilum Hook.f.
  • Corunastylis pumila (Hook.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

Genoplesium pumilum, commonly known as the green midge orchid in Australia, and the yellow gumland leek 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 twenty five green to yellowish-green flowers which sometimes have red markings. Australian and New Zealand authorities use the name Corunastylis pumila.

  1. ^ "Genoplesium pumilum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.