Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris pulchella 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 :
61
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Western Australia; 13.5 km from Mt Ney, 33°23'S, 122°28'E, 9 August 1980, M.A.Clements 1876, (holo CBG, iso PERTH)."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
394
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
394
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
160
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful donkey orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"beautiful, alluding to the attractively coloured flowers of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
468
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful 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 :
25, 128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Esperance Coast'
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Esperance Coast'
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
255-256
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
264
[secondary reference]
common name:
Beautiful Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin pulchellus (beautiful), in reference to the exquisite flower colour."