Pterostylis mystacina is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It was first formally described in 2010 by David Jones and given the name Oligochaetochilus mystacinus. The description was published in the journal The Orchadian from a specimen found on Mount Moffat near the Carnarvon National Park.[2] In the same year, Jasmine Janes and Marco Duretto changed the name to Pterostylis mystacina.[3] The specific epithet (mystacina) is derived from the Ancient Greek word mystax meaning "hair on the upper lip".[4]
| Pterostylis mystacina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Cranichideae |
| Genus: | Pterostylis |
| Species: | P. mystacina
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterostylis mystacina | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oligochaetochilus mystacinus D.L.Jones | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Pterostylis mystacina". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ "Oligochaetochilus mystacinus". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Pterostylis mystacina". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 391.
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