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.
Cyanicula ixioides subsp. candida Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (29 April 2004) , Robert Brown's Caladenia revisited, including a revision of its sister genera Cyanicula, Ericksonella and Pheladenia (Caladeniinae: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17(2) :
225, Fig. 10 (map)
[tax. nov.]
Type:
9 km NNE of Bindoon, access off Stevenson Road, 31 23'S 116 05'E, 21 Sep 1986, R. Peakall 140. holo: PERTH; iso: CANB.
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
144
[secondary reference]
common name:
White china orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"glossy white, alluding to the floral colouration"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
202
[secondary reference]
common name:
White China 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 :
20, 128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula ixioides subsp. candida N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula ixioides subsp. candida N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula ixioides subsp. candida Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
194
[secondary reference]
common name:
White China Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
230
[secondary reference]
common name:
White China Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin candidus (pure glossy white), in reference to the white flower colour."