Orchidaceae
Pterostylis papuana
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Pterostylis
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![Pterostylis papuana: [New Guinea / ニューギニア島] Distribution: Maluku to Papuasia (42 MOL 43 NWG SOL) Lifeform: Tuber geophyte Heterotypic synonyms Pterostylis novoguineensis .mw-parser-](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850642315378%29.jpg/1280px-Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850642315378%29.jpg)
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Synonyms
- Pterostylis arfakensis (J.J.Sm.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
- Pterostylis braemii H.Mohr
- Pterostylis novoguineensis Ridl.
- Pterostylis papuana var. arfakensis J.J.Sm.
- Pterostylis papuana var. seranica J.J.Sm.
Photos
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Pterostylis papuana: [New Guinea / ニューギニア島] Distribution: Maluku to Papuasia (42 MOL 43 NWG SOL) Lifeform: Tuber geophyte Heterotypic synonyms Pterostylis novoguineensis .mw-parser-](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850643146052%29.jpg/1280px-Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850643146052%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Pterostylis papuana: [New Guinea / ニューギニア島] Distribution: Maluku to Papuasia (42 MOL 43 NWG SOL) Lifeform: Tuber geophyte Heterotypic synonyms Pterostylis novoguineensis .mw-parser-](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850643148197%29.jpg/1280px-Pterostylis_papuana_Rolfe%2C_Bull._Misc._Inform._Kew_1899_112_%281899%29_%2850643148197%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enda Sagita Kaban, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.