Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thelymitra mucida
Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra mucida Fitzg. , legitimate, scientific
Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433): 495 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [secondary reference]
Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 160 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 195 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Western Australia, Fitzgerald. In Austral. Orch. 2, 2, Fitzgerald cites "Wilson Inlet". At BM there is a sheet labelled "Wilsons Inlet, Sept.", in Fitzgerald's hand, which may be taken as the lectotype. There is an isotype at NSW."
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 46 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 48-49 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2141 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 842-843 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 300 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 141 [secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 160 (map), Fig. 218, Plate 217 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name mucida (mucus), refers to the shining viscid secretion or bloom on the column hood."
  • Text: "Putative hybrids have been reported with T. ixioides, T. nuda, T. pauciflora and possibly with T. antennifera."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 262 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 845, Fig. 178i [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 29, Plate 65 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 262 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 192 [secondary reference]
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: 280 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 29, Plate 65 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 91 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 391 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [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]
Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19: 67-70, Figs 7, 34, 35, Plate 3 BHL [secondary reference]
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]
Bates, R.J. (2006), Orchids of South Australia Edn. 1: - [secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 326 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "mould, alluding to the mould-like bloom on the column"
Bates, R.J. (20 December 2010), The Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) in South Australia with the description of seven new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 28 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2141
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates legitimate by Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19: 67-70, Figs 7, 34, 35, Plate 3
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra orientalis R.J.Bates legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 315 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
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, 101, 108, 119, 134 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas
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: 202
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 438 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Sun Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 246 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin mucidus (mouldy), in reference to the bloom on the column giving the appearance of mould."
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