| Christmas Island ribbonroot | |
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| Illustration from Johannes Smith's book Die Orchideen von Java[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Taeniophyllum |
| Species: | T. hasseltii
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| Binomial name | |
| Taeniophyllum hasseltii | |
Taeniophyllum hasseltii, commonly known as the Christmas Island ribbonroot,[3] is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms small clumps. It has short stems and flattened silvery grey roots pressed against the substrate on which it is growing. The flowers are tube-shaped, pale yellow and open one at a time. This orchid is only known from Christmas Island, an Australian territory and the Indonesia island of Java.
- ^ Smith, Johannes Jacobus (1908). Die Orchideen von Java (Issue 1). Leiden: E.J. Brill. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Taeniophyllum hasseltii". 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. p. 454. ISBN 1877069124.