Clubbed elbow orchid | |
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Illustration of Drakaea irritabilis from Nathaniel Wallich's Plantae Asiaticae Rariores | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Tribe: | Diurideae |
Genus: | Arthrochilus |
Species: | A. irritabilis
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Binomial name | |
Arthrochilus irritabilis F.Muell.[1]
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Arthrochilus irritabilis, commonly known as clubbed elbow orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to Queensland. It has up to five leaves and up to thirty light greenish or reddish, insect-like flower with reddish, hair-like glands on its labellum. There is a single record of this species from Papua New Guinea.