Global InformationRhomboda polygonoides information
| Velvet jewel orchid | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (EPBC Act) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Subtribe: | Goodyerinae |
| Genus: | Rhomboda |
| Species: | R. polygonoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhomboda polygonoides (F.Muell.) Ormerod[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rhomboda polygonoides , commonly known as the velvet jewel orchid,[2] is a species of terrestrial orchid that is native to New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Queensland. It has between five and nine narrow egg-shaped, purplish green leaves with a central white stripe and up to fourteen green and white resupinate flowers with the lateral sepals held nearly horizontally.
- ^ a b "Rhomboda polygonoides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Jones, David L. (2006). A complete guide to native orchids of Australia including the island territories. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: New Holland. p. 349. ISBN 1877069124.