Pterostylis boormanii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Pterostylis

At a glance

Occurrence records459

Data sources4

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Pterostylis boormanii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility459 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF459 records

01Narrative

Pterostylis boormanii, commonly known as the Sikh's whiskers, baggy britches, or Boorroans green-hood is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a rosette of leaves and up to seven dark reddish-brown flowers with translucent "windows" and a thick, brown, bristly, insect-like labellum.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Leaf length25 mm

Leaf width9 mm

Plant height0.15 m

Plant height max0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timennnnnnnnyynn

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical oblong

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type459 records

Wild obs. + sensor186

Museum / vouchered267

Cultivated / captive6

Origin

Native62

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 060 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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 108≤1 km 14≤10 km 23>10 km 14

159 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor186

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 accuracy41% within 1 km

≤100 m 50≤1 km 48≤10 km 118>10 km 21

237 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence267

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living6

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 institutions6 of 9 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	138
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	33
Mount Annan, AU	33
Adelaide, AU	33
Armidale, AU	8
Brisbane, AU	4
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	3
NSW Office of Environment and Heritagelocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

9 institutions · 254 of 267 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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