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Showing Cirrhopetalum layardii
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Asparagales(ordo)
- Orchidaceae(fam.)
- layardii(sp.)
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Type: "Neu-Caledonien leg. Leopold Layard. Exam. specim. culta."
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Etymology: (not specified.) [but presumably named in honour of the collector of the original material]
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APC Comment: A New Caledonian taxon now referred to Inobulbon layardii (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones. Listed in synonymy of Bulbophyllum longiflorum Thouars by M.A.Clements, Austral. Orchid Res. 1: 18 (1989), but not known to occur in Australia.