Red Shell-orchid
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [undercollected] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Data Deficient [Hartley] |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [Records missing. Probable decline] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU A1ac) (Definite Decline) [Agery area. Grazing] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [Also in Lincoln NP] |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU C2a(i)) (Definite Decline) [lots of collections not databased] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [bridal creeper a threat] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU C2a(i)) (Definite Decline) [no records; dying out; not a viable pop - too small] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Pterostylis hamiltonii
Diplodium erythroconchum
Common names
Red Shell-orchid
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 150,900 (0.052 g) | 20 | 9-Sep-2017 | KHB973 Murray | 30-Jun-2018 | N/C | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.