Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Acianthus saxatilis

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Acianthus(gen.)
saxatilis(sp.)

Acianthus saxatilis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

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Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2014), Acianthus saxatilis (Diurideae: Orchidaceae), a new rare species from the Border Ranges region of eastern Australia.

Australian Orchid Review

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41-47, Figs 1-9

[tax. nov.]

Type: Queensland; Lightning Falls, Lamington National Park, 12 Feb. 2010, M.T.Mathieson MTM0606, L.Rintoul and M.Pears (holo BRI AQ792112).

Etymology: "From the Latin saxatilis, dwelling or found among rocks; in reference to the rocky habitats where this species has been found."

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census.

Census of the Queensland Flora

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26

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Acianthus sp. (Lightning Falls M.T.Mathieson MTM606)

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Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (November 2015), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2014 census to 2015 census.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2015

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25

[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

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4, 67, 82

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

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- APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

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51

[secondary reference]

common name:

Border Ranges Mosquito Orchid

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