Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra holmesii Nicholls , legitimate , scientific
Nicholls, W.H. (1933) , A new sun-orchid. The Victorian Naturalist 49
263
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Victoria: Gorae (via Portland), Murray Holmes."
Etymology:
"I have named this plant after Murray Holmes, a youthful and energetic orchidologist, who has added much to our knowledge of the orchids of south-western Victoria."
Nicholls, W.H. (1935) , The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4)
160
[secondary reference]
common name:
Blue Star Sun Orchid
[n/a]
Nicholls, W.H. (1944) , Our perplexing sun-orchids. The Victorian Naturalist 60
56
[basionym]
basionym of:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A
43
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
296
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
140
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
156 (map), 160, Figs 227 & 230, Plate 209
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
common name:
Slender blue swamp-orchid
[n/a]
Text:
"Forms putative hybrids with T. ixioides and possibly also with T. mucida and T. pauciflora ."
Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
848, Fig. 178o-q
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Blue Swamp Sun-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
29, Plate 67
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998) , A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3
186
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999) , A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3
68
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
272
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
common name:
Holmes' Sun Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"after M. Holmes, first collector"
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
29-30, Plate 67
[secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003) , Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7
28
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004) , A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19
73-75, Figs 8, 39, 42, Plate 4
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005) , Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1
202
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012) , Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25
101
[secondary reference]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island
103
[secondary reference]
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016) , Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories
49, 78, 101, 108, 119
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra peniculata Jeanes legitimate
by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra paludosa Jeanes legitimate
by Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra lucida Jeanes legitimate
by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005) , Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra hygrophila R.J.Bates legitimate
by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Thelymitra graminea Lindl. legitimate
by Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
433
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra pauciflora var. holmesii (Nicholls legitimate
common name:
Blue Star Sun Orchid
[n/a]
