Orchidaceae
Common ant orchid
Chiloglottis formicifera
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Chiloglottis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Common ant orchid
- Persian
- ارکیده مورچهای معمولی
Synonyms
- Myrmechila formicifera (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Photos

Photo: David Lochlin from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Lochlin from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Lochlin from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Lochlin from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Lochlin from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.