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Definition of Pterostylis
1. Noun. Genus of terrestrial orchids of Australia and New Zealand and western Pacific.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Orchidaceae, Orchid Family, Orchidaceae
Member holonyms: Greenhood, Helmet Orchid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pterostylis
Literary usage of Pterostylis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects by Charles Darwin (1904)
"... ensi- folia—-Pogonia—pterostylis and other Australian orchids with the labellum
sensitive to a touch—Vanilla—Sobralia. Cephalanthera grandiflora. ..."
2. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... ensi- folia—Pogonia—pterostylis and other Australian orchids with the labellum
sensitive to a touch—Vanilla—Sobralia. Cephalanthera grandiflora. ..."
3. The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilized by Insects by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... ;;naw tho labellum—Cephalanthera ensi- folia—Pogonia—pterostylis and other
Australian orchids with the labellum sensitive to a touch—Vanilla—Sobralia. ..."
4. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1890)
"pterostylis barbata. Lindley. Grampians. pterostylis mutica. E. Brown. Grampians and
Pyrenees. pterostylis rnfa. B. Brown. Grampians. pterostylis longifolia ..."
5. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1836)
"pterostylis Banksii, Bot. Mag. 3172. • concinna, Bot. Mag. 3400. acuminata, Bot.
... pterostylis Banksii. concinna. Species requiring the heat of the Stoce. ..."
6. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1836)
"pterostylis CONCINNA (Neat pterostylis). ... pterostylis).—Another species of
this singular Australian genus. It was also introduced by Mr. Allan Cunningham ..."
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