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• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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• Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; between Sydney towards South Head', Nov. 1804, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM! E!)."

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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common name: Yellow Leek-orchid [n/a]

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "yellow (flowers)"

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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common name: Yellow Leek Orchid [n/a]

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