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Pterostylis truncata (Brittle greenhood)

Synonyms: Diplodium truncatum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pterostylis truncata, the brittle greenhood, is part of the Orchidaceae family. It is a plant localized to Australia, mainly around Victoria and usually within a 40-mile radius of Melbourne. There are three main sites where the Brittle Greenhood still exists in the wild, the You Yangs, Black Hills, and the Long Forest Mallee. Considered to be an endangered species the amount of Brittle Greenhood around Australia has declined drastically in the last few decades. Mainly local populations of the Brittle Greenhood still face very threatening conditions however from the local wildlife especially in the You Yangs area, specifically three species: European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, the Feral Goat Capra hircus, and Eastern Grey Kangaroos Macropus giganteus. However, when looked at closely ther
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1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0