Corunastylis sp. nov. 'Raby Bay'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Corunastylis sp. (Raby Bay J.Elsol AQ462423); Genoplesium sp. (Raby Bay J.Elsol AQ462423); Genoplesium sp. (Raby Bay) [used by Silcock et al., 2019]
Said to differ from C. acuminatum in "size and in the column appendices being papillose rather than ciliate" (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8), but it is treated as a synonym of that species in APNI (Australian Plant Name Index).
Conservation Status
Missing (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8 [as 'Possibly extant']) or invalid (synonym of C. acuminata) (APNI)
Last (and only) record: 1976 (Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
"Type locality habitat destroyed; other areas of similar habitat searched... Type specimen collected in 1976 - area is now a housing estate; Lui may have collected an infertile specimen in similar habitat to type collection near Alexandra Hills"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Distribution & Habitat
Queensland, Australia
"Scribbly gum coastal forest"
(Silcock et al., 2019:SM:8)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2016). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories. Version 1. Unpublished. 139 pp.
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2019). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories, second edition. Melbourne. 148 pp.
Silcock, Jen L., Field, Ashley R., Walsh, Neville G. and Fensham, Roderick J. (2019). To name those lost: assessing extinction likelihood in the Australian vascular flora. Oryx 54(2): 167-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605318001357 [Supplementary Material]