Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis maxima
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis maxima M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 124, Fig. 6A-D [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "`Victoria, Skylark Dam, Whipstick Scrub, Bendigo', 10 Nov. 1973, W. Perry s.n. (holo MEL!, iso CBG!)."
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 134 (map), Figs 207-208, Plate 172 [secondary reference]
common name: Large rufous green-hood [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name maxima meaning the greatest or longest is a reference to the large fleshy flowers of this species.'
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 186 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 826, Fig. 173f-h [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 78-79, Plate 194 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 78-79, Plate 194 [secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 24 [basionym]
basionym of: Oligochaetochilus maximus (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23, 26 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus maximus (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 200 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus maximus (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. legitimate
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: 39, 75, 98, 117 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus maxima Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus maximus (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis maxima D.L.Jones nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 564 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Oligochaetochilus maximus (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Szlach. legitimate