Yellow ribbonroot | |
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Illustration by Lewis Roberts | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
Genus: | Taeniophyllum |
Species: | T. lobatum
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Binomial name | |
Taeniophyllum lobatum | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Taeniophyllum flavum Dockrill |
Taeniophyllum lobatum, commonly known as the yellow ribbonroot,[2] is a species of leafless epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that forms small clumps. It has short stems, flattened pale to greyish green roots pressed against the substrate on which it is growing and usually two pale to bright yellow flowers. It only occurs in tropical North Queensland.