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.
Eriochilus scaber subsp. orbifolius Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006) , Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus. Nuytsia 16(1) :
53-54, Fig. 6B
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Walpole, 3 August 1989, S.D.Hopper 7282 (holo: PERTH 1751514; iso: CBG).
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
202
[secondary reference]
common name:
Round-leaf bunny orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"round leaf, alluding to the leaf shape of the subspecies"
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 :
27, 129
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Eriochilus scaber subsp. orbifolia Hopper & A.P.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus scaber subsp. orbifolia N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus scaber subsp. orbifolia N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus scaber subsp. orbifolia Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
205
[secondary reference]
common name:
Round-leaved Bunny Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
24
[secondary reference]
common name:
Round-leafed Bunny Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin orbicular (circular) and -folius (leaf), in reference to the rounded leaf shape."