Paracaleana

Paracaleana
Paracaleana minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Diurideae
Subtribe:	Drakaeinae
Genus:	Paracaleana

Paracaleana is a genus of some thirteen species of orchids found in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian species are found in all states but have not been recorded in the Northern Territory.^[1][2]

Species

Species accepted by Kew Garden as of May 2014:^[3]

1. Paracaleana alcockii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
2. Paracaleana brockmanii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
3. Paracaleana disjuncta D.L.Jones - Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria
4. Paracaleana dixonii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
5. Paracaleana gracilicordata Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
6. Paracaleana granitica Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
7. Paracaleana hortiorum Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
8. Paracaleana lyonsii Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
9. Paracaleana minor (R.Br.) Blaxell - New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, North Island of New Zealand
10. Paracaleana nigrita (Lindl.) Blaxell - Western Australia
11. Paracaleana parvula Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
12. Paracaleana terminalis Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia
13. Paracaleana triens Hopper & A.P.Br. - Western Australia

References

1. Weston, P.H. "Paracaleana". Plantnet - NSW Flora Online. NSW Government. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
2. Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (2006). Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19: 211-244.
3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Paracaleana

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