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Rhizanthella gardneri

Flowering Plants

Rhizanthella gardneri, commonly known as the western underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It spends its entire life cycle, including flowering, at or below the soil surface, producing between May and July a head of up to 100 small reddish to cream-colored, inward-facing flowers surrounded by large cream-colored bracts on a horizontal rhizome. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Rhizanthella gardneri 2
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Orchidaceae, Taxa
Source Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikidata)
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1. Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikipedia)
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 386289
    Rhizanthella gardneri, commonly known as western underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 386289
    It is a herb that spends its entire life cycle, including flowering, at or below the soil surface.
  • Infobox: status
    CR
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2. Rhizanthella gardneri (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q142968 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): critically endangered.
  • Child Taxon Of: Orchidaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Rhizanthella gardneri
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 29247
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 29247
"rank":"SPECIES","name_status":"A","updated_at":"2018-06-29T09:54:16.771Z","active":true,"cites_listing":"II"
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