Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris amplissima D.L.Jones , legitimate , scientific
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991) , New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2
52
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Western Australia; Moodiarrup, 33°36'S, 116°47'E, 23 September 1985, D.L.Jones 1942, B.E.Jones and A.P.Brown, (holo CBG, iso CBG, PERTH, AD)."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
397
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
397
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
363
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
164
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant donkey orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"largest, alluding to the large flowers of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
473
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
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
24, 128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
247-248
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
268
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin amplissimus (ample, abundant, large, great), in reference to the large flowers."
