| Spotted sun orchid
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| In Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Monocots
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| Order:
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Asparagales
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| Family:
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Orchidaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Orchidoideae
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| Tribe:
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Diurideae
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| Genus:
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Thelymitra
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| Species:
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T. ixioides
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| Binomial name
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Thelymitra ixioides
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| Synonyms
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- Thelymitra carnea var. robusta Rodway
- Thelymitra iridioides Sieber ex Lindl.
- Thelymitra ixioides Sw. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Thelymitra ixioides Sw. f. ixioides
- Thelymitra ixioides var. carnea Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.
- Thelymitra ixioides var. carnea M.A.Clem. nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra lilacina Rupp nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra lilacina Lindl. nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra lilacina Benth. nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra lilacina M.A.Clem. nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra lilacina W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow nom. inval., pro syn.
- Thelymitra media auct. non R.Br.: Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 391
- Thelymitra media auct. non R.Br.: Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 141
- Thelymitra media var. media auct. non R.Br.: Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 141
- Thelymitra media var. media auct. non R.Br.: Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3
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Thelymitra ixioides, known as spotted sun orchid or dotted sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is native to southern and eastern Australia and to New Zealand. It has a single long, thin, dark green leaf and up to ten flowers which occur in a range of colours, most commonly blue to purple but usually with small, dark blue spots. It is a variable species, similar to T. juncifolia which has smaller flowers.