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glyptodon

Taxon

Drakaea glyptodon Fitzg.

Protologue Gard. Chron. n.s., 17: 494. 1882BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (49).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (49).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (51).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (51).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (48).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (48).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (52).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (52).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (54).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (50).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (50).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (53).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (53).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (55).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (55).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (56).JPG

Drakaea glyptodon, Not collected--Australia. W. A. Bluff Knoll Rd. 31 Oct 2016. DSC07201 (56).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Western Australia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected

October 31, 2016

Location

Australia, Western Australia (Perth, Kenwick)

-32.031056, 115.970861

Location Remarks

Brixton Street Wetlands (Nature Reserve), in Kenwick, an eastern suburb of Perth. 8 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Kevin Thiele, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Hammer orchid.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Drakaea

Specific Epithet

glyptodon

Authorship

Fitzg.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#191,152 of 335,497

Top 57%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →