Genoplesium carectum
{{Short description|Species of orchid}}
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| genus = Genoplesium
| species = carectum
| authority = (D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel.) J.M.H.Shaw{{cite web |title=Genoplesium carectum |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77165727-1 |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=6 August 2023}}
| synonyms = Corunastylis carecta D.L.Jones & L.M.Copel.
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Genoplesium carectum is a species of small terrestrial orchid endemic to a restricted part of New South Wales. It has a single leaf fused to the flowering stem and between three and thirteen brownish-green flowers with purple and red markings. It occurs in three populations in swampy places in and near Wollemi National Park.
Description
Genoplesium carectum is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single leaf {{cvt|100–180|mm}} long, sheathing the flowering stem with the free part {{cvt|10–30|mm}} long and about {{cvt|2|mm}} wide. Between three and thirteen brownish-green flowers with purple and red markings are arranged along a flowering stem {{cvt|20–35|mm}} long. The flowers are {{cvt|7–8|mm}} long and about {{cvt|6|mm}} wide. As with others in the genus, the flowers are inverted so that the labellum is above the column rather than below it. The dorsal sepal is egg-shaped and forms a hood over the column, {{convert|4.0–4.5|mm}} long and about {{cvt|2.2|mm}} wide with red markings. The lateral sepals are linear, {{cvt|5.0–5.5|mm}} long, about {{cvt|1.2|mm}} wide, and lack a humped base. The petals are narrowly egg-shaped, {{cvt|3.8–4.2|mm}} long, about {{cvt|1|mm}} wide with red edges and a red stripe along the centre. The labellum is narrowly elliptic to elliptic, about {{cvt|4|mm}} long and {{cvt|1.5|mm}} wide with many short, purple hairs. There is a purple callus covering half the base of the labellum and extending nearly to its tip. Flowering is variable, but has been observed between November and February.{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=David L. |last2=Copeland |first2=Lachlan M. |title=Corunastylis carecta (Orchidaceae: Diurideae), a new species from central-eastern New South Wales. |journal=The Orchadian |date=2013 |volume=17 |issue=8 |pages=371–373 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/298686#page/35/mode/1up |access-date=6 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=David L. |last2=Copeland |first2=Lachlan M. |last3=Renner |first3=Matthew A.M. |title=Genoplesium carectum |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Genoplesium~carectum |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |access-date=6 August 2023}}
Taxonomy and naming
This species of orchid was first formally described in 2013 by David Jones and Lachlan Copeland who gave it the name Corunastylis carecta and published the description in The Orchadian from specimens Copeland collected near the Putty Road in 2006.{{cite web|title=Corunastylis carecta|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/767714|publisher=APNI|accessdate=6 August 2023}} In 2017, Matthew Renner changed the name to Genoplesium carectum in the Quarterly Supplement to the International Register of Orchid Hybrids (Sander's List).{{cite web|title=Genoplesium carectum|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/9555197|publisher=APNI|accessdate=6 August 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Shaw |first1=Julian M.H. |title=Quarterly Supplement to the International Register of Orchid Hybrids (Sander's List) |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-us/pdfs/publications/orchid-hybrid-lists/orchid-reg-nhl-1319-apr-jun-2017.pdf |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |page=57 |access-date=6 August 2023}} and the name is accepted by Plants of the World Online. The specific epithet (carectum) means "a place covered with rushes or sedges".
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Endemic orchids of Australia
Category:Orchids of New South Wales