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Common tangle orchid

Plectorrhiza tridentata (Lindl.) Dockrill

Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Plectorrhiza

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Common tangle orchid: likely to be the Tangle orchid Plectorrhiza tridentata, Berowra Valley National Park
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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Common tangle orchid

Synonyms

  • Cleisostoma cornutum Rupp
  • Cleisostoma tridentatum Lindl.
  • Saccolabium calcaratum F.Muell.
  • Sarcanthus tridentatus (Lindl.) Rupp
  • Sarcochilus calcaratus (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Sarcochilus tridentatus (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Thrixspermum tridentatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Thrixspermum tridentatum (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt

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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.