Glossodia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of orchids}} {{for|the suburb of Sydney in Australia|Glossodia, New South Wales}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{italic title}}

[[File:Waxlip_closeup.jpg | thumb | right |''Glossodia major'']] '''''Glossodia''''', commonly known as '''waxlip orchids''', is a [[genus]] of mostly purple [[orchid]]s from [[Australia]]. The genus was first formally described in 1810 by the prolific Scottish botanist [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] who published his description in ''[[Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae]]''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Glossodia''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/493553|publisher=APNI|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Robert|title=Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae|date=1810|location=London|pages=325–326|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21771#page/195/mode/1up|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref>

Two species are recognised:<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web|title=''Glossodia''|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Glossodia|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney; plantnet|accessdate=15 April 2017}}</ref> * ''[[Glossodia major]]'' <small>[[R.Br.]]</small> - waxlip orchid, native to [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Tasmania]] and [[South Australia]]; * ''[[Glossodia minor]]''<small> [[R.Br.]] </small> - small waxlip orchid, native to [[Queensland]], [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]].

In 2015, as a result of studies of [[molecular phylogenetics]],<ref name="AJB">{{cite journal|last1=Clements|first1=Mark A.|last2=Howard|first2=Christopher G.|last3=Miller|first3=Joseph T.|title=Caladenia revisited: Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci|journal=American Journal of Botany|date=13 April 2015|volume=102|issue=4|pages=581–597|doi=10.3732/ajb.1500021|pmid=25878091|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Mark Alwin Clements|Mark Clements]] transferred the two ''Glossodia'' species to ''[[Caladenia]]'', but the change is not recognised by the Australian Plant Census.<ref name="APNI" />

[[Plants of the World Online]] lists ''Glossodia'' as a synonym of ''Caladenia''.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Caladenia'' |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28913-1#synonyms |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref>

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[[Category:Glossodia| ]] [[Category:Diurideae genera]] [[Category:Orchids of Australia]] [[Category:Plants described in 1810]] [[Category:Historically recognized angiosperm genera]]