Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis atrans
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis atrans D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. (30 March 1994), New species of Orchidaceae from south-eastern Australia. Muelleria 8(2): 185, fig. 3a-d BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Australian Capital Territory, Brindabella Ranges, c. 4.3 km along Bendora Dam Rd from Bulls Head, 35 deg 25 min S, 148 deg 45 min E, 22 Feb. 1992, D.L.Jones 9092 & B.E.Jones (holotypus: CBG; isotypi: CBG, MEL, NSW, HO).
  • Comment: Type specimen is incorrectly cited in protologue as "D.L.Jones 9092 & B.E.Jones". According to the holotype specimen at CANB, the correct type citation is D.L.Jones & B.E.Jones 9093.
Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 813, Fig. 167d-f [secondary reference]
misapplication: Pterostylis obtusa R.Br. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 408 common name: Blunt-tongue Green-hood [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 111, Plate 272 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 139-140 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 216 [secondary reference]
common name: Dark-tip Greenhood [n/a]
  • Etymology: "darkening (of galea apex)"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 111, Plate 272 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4: 70 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium atrans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 21, 26 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium atrans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Pterostylis obtusa R.Br. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 327
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "dark, swarthy"
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 101 [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: 37, 64, 75, 107, 117 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium atrans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Pterostylis obtusa R.Br. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 408 misapplication: Pterostylis obtusa R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 22
  • APC Comment: Treated as Diplodium atrans in the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 477 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium atrans (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate