Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Diuris cruenta
Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris cruenta D.L.Jones & C.J.French , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2016), Three new species in the Diuris corymbosa Lindley complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia. Australian Orchid Review 81(4): 32-34 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Darling District, Devlin Road, 1 km south of Marriott Road, Kermerton [sic Kemerton], 26 Aug. 1995, C.J.French (D.L.Jones 14263) (holo CANB 626530; iso MEL, NSW, PERTH."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The Latin cruentus, stained or spotted with blood, in reference to the floral colour patterns."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Kemerton' [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 2 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 251 [secondary reference]
common name: Kermerton [sic; Kemerton] Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 262 [secondary reference]
common name: Kemerton Donkey Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin cruentus (stained or spotted with blood), in reference to the colour patterns on the flowers of this species."