Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 325 (1810).

Derivation: Greek lyperos, mournful; anthos, flower; referring to the gloomy colour.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Terrestrial glabrous herbs, with small underground tubers, sometimes drying black; leaves 1-3, usually at or near the base, broad and thick or long and narrow; bracts often large and leaf-like.

Flowers resupinate; dorsal sepal usually broad, erect or incurved over the column; other segments narrow, erect or spreading, about equal in length to the dorsal sepal; labellum much shorter, undivided or 3-lobed; lamina more or less papillose, sometimes bearing raised longitudinal lines; column erect, incurved, more or less winged, as long or nearly as long as the labellum; anther terminal, 2-celled; pollinia 4, or a 2-lobed mass in each cell, granular or mealy.

Distribution:  12 species, 5 of which are endemic to Australia, 1 to New Zealand and 6 to New Caledonia.

Biology: No text

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