''Pterostylis extranea'' is a plant in the orchid family
Orchidaceae
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and is
endemic
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to
Queensland
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. It was first formally described in 2010 by
David Jones and given the name ''Oligochaetochilus extraneus''. The description was published in the journal ''The Orchadian'' from a specimen grown in the
Australian National Botanic Gardens
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from a
tuber
Tubers are a type of enlarged structure that plants use as storage organs for nutrients, derived from stems or roots. Tubers help plants perennate (survive winter or dry months), provide energy and nutrients, and are a means of asexual reproduc ...
collected near
Eungella Dam.
In 2010,
Jasmine Janes and
Marco Duretto
Marco Duretto (born 1964) is a manager and senior research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in Australia.
His primary research interests are systematics and conservation of Rutaceae, Rubiaceae, Orchidaceae, Stylidiaceae and evoluti ...
changed the name to ''Pterostylis extranea''.
The
specific epithet
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(''extranea'') is a
Latin
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word meaning "strange".
References
extranea
Orchids of Queensland
Plants described in 2010
Taxa named by David L. Jones (botanist)
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