Prasophyllum caricetum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Prasophyllum

At a glance

Occurrence records137

Data sources4

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Prasophyllum caricetum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility137 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF137 records

01Narrative

Prasophyllum caricetum, commonly known as the Cathcart leek orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small area of southern New South Wales. It has a single tubular, bright green leaf and up to twenty five green, white and purplish flowers crowded on the flowering stem. It grows in montane swamps near Cathcart.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology9

Fruit length8.5 mm

Fruit width5 mm

Leaf length250 mm

Leaf length max350 mm

Leaf length min200 mm

Leaf width6 mm

Plant height0.375 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.25 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flowering endFeb

Flowering startDec

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type137 records

Wild obs. + sensor111

Museum / vouchered25

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 108≤1 km 1>10 km 2

111 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor111

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 10≤10 km 3

25 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence25

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Canberra, AU	16
Mount Annan, AU	5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
Brisbane, AU	1
Adelaide, AU	1

5 institutions · 25 of 25 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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