''Corybas vitreus'' is a species of
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
, and first described in 2016 by
Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach
Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach is a New Zealand botanist. He is employed as a botany curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Lehnebach studies New Zealand orchids. As of January 2018, he has described seven new species of orchid and two s ...
.
Description
''C. vitreus'' is a terrestrial, seasonal orchid, with solitary heart-shaped leaves having entire margins. The flowers, too, are solitary and their central part is mostly translucent. It has a height of 14 to 30 mm when flowering. It is very like ''
C. walliae'' but differs in having a translucent labellum lamina with a dark maroon to purple band along the lateral margin. It differs from ''
C. trilobus'' by having a broadly ovate flower.
[ It flowers September to October and fruits from November to early January.][
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Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to New Zealand and found on both the North (in the south) and South Islands at altitudes of from 600 to 1300 m, in beech and Kunzea forests growing in the leaf litter.[
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Conservation status
It is deemed to be "Not Threatened".[
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References
External links
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''Corybas vitreus'' occurrence data from GBIF
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vitreus
Flora of New Zealand
Plants described in 2016