Elythranthera

Elythranthera, commonly known as enamel orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains two species and a named hybrid, all endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1963 by the Australian botanist Alex George who published his description in Western Australian Naturalist.

Two species are recognised:

A hybrid between the two species was known as Elythranthera x intermedia. (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem [3]

In 2015, as a result of studies of molecular phylogenetics,[4] Mark Clements transferred the two Elythranthera species to Caladenia but the change is not accepted by the Australian Plant Census, nor by the Western Australian Herbarium.[5]

Plants of the World Online lists Elythranthera as a synonym of Caladenia.[6]

References
  1. "Elythranthera brunonis". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. "Elythranthera emarginata". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "Elythranthera x intermedia". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. Clements, Mark A.; Howard, Christopher G.; Miller, Joseph T. (13 April 2015). "Caladenia revisited: Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci". American Journal of Botany. 102 (4): 581–597. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500021. PMID 25878091.
  5. "Elythranthera". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. "Caladenia". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2023.


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