View source for Listera australis

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Listera australis
|accepted_authority=Lindley
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|place=456. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=Southern twayblade
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bifolium australe
|authority=(Lindley) Nieuwland
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Diphryllum australe
|authority=Kuntze
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Neottia australis
|authority=(Lindley) Szlachetko
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ophrys australis
|authority=(Lindley) House
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Orchidaceae;Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae;Orchidaceae tribe Neottieae;Orchidaceae (tribe Neottieae) subtribe Limodorinae;Listera;Listera australis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Orchidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Orchidaceae tribe Neottieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Orchidaceae (tribe Neottieae) subtribe Limodorinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Listera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Listera australis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 587
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>8–29 cm. <b>Stems</b> purplish green, succulent, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: blade dark green, ovate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic, 1.3–4 × 0.5–2.1 cm, base often subcordate, apex obtuse to apiculate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–25-flowered, lax, 45–110 mm; floral bracts suborbiculate-ovate, 2 × 1 mm, apex obtuse; peduncle and rachis slightly glandular-puberulent; bracts, pedicel, and ovary glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> reddish purple; pedicel filiform, 4–6 mm; dorsal sepal ovate-elliptic, concave, 1.5 × 1 mm, apex obtuse; lateral sepals ovate, falcate, 1.5 × 1 mm, apex obtuse; petals recurved, oblong, 1.5 × 0.5 mm, apex obtuse; lip linear, 6–12 × 1.5–2 mm, base extended into 2 rounded, linear lobes, projecting distally, partially surrounding column, distal half split into 2 linear-lanceolate lobes with minute tooth in sinus; column 0.5–1 × 0.5–1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> horizontal, ovoid, 8 × 5 mm, with relatively few large seeds.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan (Fla)–Jul.
|habitat=Rich humus of low moist woods, marshes, sphagnum bogs, usually in association with rhizomes of cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) and royal fern (O. regalis)
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.
|discussion=<p>Perianth parts of <i>Listera australis</i> persist as capsules mature. This is such a small orchid that it can easily be overlooked; it may have a wider distribution than recorded here.</p>
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name=Listera australis
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bifolium australe;Diphryllum australe;Neottia australis;Ophrys australis
|basionyms=
|family=Orchidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan (Fla)–Jul.
|habitat=Rich humus of low moist woods, marshes, sphagnum bogs, usually in association with rhizomes of cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) and royal fern (O. regalis)
|elevation=0–1000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.,
|publication year=1840
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_1198.xml
|subfamily=Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
|tribe=Orchidaceae tribe Neottieae
|subtribe=Orchidaceae (tribe Neottieae) subtribe Limodorinae
|genus=Listera
|species=Listera australis
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