Aporostylis is a genus of flowering plants 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).[1]

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  In Kahurangi National Park on alpine tussock land.
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  In Kahurangi National Park on alpine tussock land.
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  Near Dunedin, in the Silverpeaks.

Aporostylis
Aporostylis bifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Orchidoideae
Tribe:	Diurideae
Subtribe:	Caladeniinae
Genus:	Aporostylis Rupp & Hatch
Species:	A. bifolia
Binomial name
Aporostylis bifolia (Hook.f.) Rupp & Hatch
Synonyms[1]
Caladenia bifolia Hook.f. Chiloglottis bifolia (Hook.f.) Schltr. Chiloglottis traversii F.Muell. Caladenia macrophylla Colenso

See also

• List of Orchidaceae genera

References

• 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

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