Summary ⁴

Just 4 of the 34 Western Australian Snail Orchids have been formally named with the other 30 pending. Here in the Porongurup species from the Pterostylis complex may be any one of 3 varieties within this complex: Pterostylis dilatate (lack a rosette of leaves); Pterostylis sp. 'inland' (Hairy Stemmed Snail Orchid, due to its hairy stem) or Pterosylis sp. "southern granites' (grows in moss on granite outcrops, is often short and has a small rosette of leaves).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by sea-kangaroo
2. (c) Natalie Tapson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/40325561@N04/8087777543/
3. (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1107074

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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