Gastrodia sesamoides

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Gastrodia sesamoides']

• English: Potato orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Gastrodieae • Genus: Gastrodia • Species: Gastrodia sesamoides R.Br. (1810)

Type species

Inflorescences

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  Gastrodia sesamoides
  Australia
  Chase National Park
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  Gastrodia sesamoides

Flowers

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Botanical illustrations

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  Gastrodia sesamoides
  volume 3 pt. 2 plate 126 in:
  Joseph Dalton Hooker
  Flora Antarctica - vol. 3 pt. 2
  (Orchidaceae)
  (1860)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Gastrodia sesamoides.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Gastrodia sesamoides