Achlydosa glandulosa is a species of orchid endemic to New Caledonia and the only species of the genus Achlydosa.[1] This species has previously been placed in the genus Megastylis.[2] Its closest relative is Pterostylis,[3] the sole other genus of subtribe Pterostylidinae.

Achlydosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Cranichideae
Subtribe: Pterostylidinae
Genus: Achlydosa
M.A.Clem. & D.M.Jones
Species:
A. glandulosa
Binomial name
Achlydosa glandulosa
(Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
Synonyms
  • Megastylis glandulosa (Schltr.) Schltr.

References

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  1. ^ Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
  2. ^ Hallé, N. (1977). Orchidacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville and J. F. Leroy, 8:1–565. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  3. ^ Cisternas, Mauricio A., Gerardo A. Salazar, Gabriela Verdugo, Patricio Novoa, Ximena Calderón, and María A. Negritto (2012). Phylogenetic Analysis of Chloraeinae (Orchidaceae) Based on Plastid and Nuclear DNA Sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 168 (3): 258–77. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01200.x.