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Biology and population studies of two endemic Nematoceras (orchid) species on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island

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Summary

Two endemic orchid species, Nernatoceras dienernum and N. sulcatum, are known from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Several additional orchid populations on the island are reported and cleistogamy is documented in N.dienemum for the first time.

 

Keywords:

Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library

Date Released:

January 12, 2009

Document TYPE:

Published Papers

Author(s):

Skotnicki, ML; Copson, GR; Doube, J; Gadd, L; Selkirk-Bell, JM; Selkirk, PM

Volume:

143

PP:

61-72

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Acknowledgement of Country

The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.

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On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.