Aporostylis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Aporostylis bifolia - Flickr 003 - detail.jpg | image_caption = ''Aporostylis bifolia'' | display_parents = 4 | genus = Aporostylis | parent_authority = Rupp & Hatch | species = bifolia | authority = (Hook.f.) Rupp & Hatch | synonyms_ref = <ref name="xena"/> | synonyms = *''Caladenia bifolia'' Hook.f. *''Chiloglottis bifolia'' (Hook.f.) Schltr. *''Chiloglottis traversii'' F.Muell. *''Caladenia macrophylla'' Colenso }}

'''''Aporostylis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s from the orchid family, [[Orchidaceae]]. At the present time, only one species is known: '''''Aporostylis bifolia''''', native to New Zealand (including the [[Chatham Islands]] and the [[Antipodes Islands]]).<ref name="xena">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=13027 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><gallery mode="packed" widths="180" heights="180"> File:Aporostylis bifolia.jpg|In [[Kahurangi National Park]] on alpine tussock land. File:Aporostylis bifolia 2.jpg|In [[Kahurangi National Park]] on alpine tussock land. File:Odd-leaved orchid (Aporostylis bifolia).jpg|Near [[Dunedin]], in the [[The Silverpeaks|Silverpeaks]]. </gallery>

== See also == * [[List of Orchidaceae genera]]

== References == {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies|Aporostylis|''Aporostylis''}} {{Reflist}} * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (1999). Genera Orchidacearum 1. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2001). Genera Orchidacearum 2. Oxford Univ. Press. * Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.A. & Rasmussen, F. eds. (2003). Genera Orchidacearum 3. Oxford Univ. Press * Berg Pana, H. 2005. ''Handbuch der Orchideen-Namen. Dictionary of Orchid Names. Dizionario dei nomi delle orchidee''. Ulmer, Stuttgart

[[Category:Diurideae genera]] [[Category:Caladeniinae]] [[Category:Orchids of New Zealand]] [[Category:Flora of the Chatham Islands]] [[Category:Flora of the Antipodes Islands]] [[Category:Monotypic Orchidoideae genera]]