Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis squamata
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis squamata R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 327 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(D.) v.v."
Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 20 BHL [secondary reference]
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 69 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis dichaeta Rchb.f. nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 21, t. CXVI(B)
Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880), Australian Orchids 1(6): 6th plate [secondary reference]
Fitzgerald, R.D. in Moore, C. (1893), Orchideae. Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 401 [basionym]
basionym of: Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 200 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 199 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis barbata Lindl. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 20
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 153 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Scaly, referring to stem-bracts.
Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936), Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8): 135-138 [secondary reference]
common name: Scaly Greenhood [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 248 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "scaly, referring to stem-bracts"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 98 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 191 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Table Mountain, Tas., Brown – holo.: BM."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 191 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. legitimate
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 443 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 248
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. subsp. rufa legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 127 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Tasmania, Table Mountain', 1805, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype [a single flower] W!)."
nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 123 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis lingua M.A.Clem. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880), Australian Orchids 1(6): 6th plate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 123 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936), Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8): 135-138
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 90-91, Plate 221 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 152-153, Fig. 7.11 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 241 [secondary reference]
common name: Ruddy Greenhood [n/a]
  • Etymology: "with scales (stem bracts probably)"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 90-91, Plate 221 [secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 25 [basionym]
basionym of: Oligochaetochilus squamatus (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Molloy, B.P.J. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A synopsis of the subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 131 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Oligochaetochilus squamatus (R.Br.) 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, 25, 27 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus squamatus (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis aff. rufa [n/a]
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: 199 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis boormanii Rupp legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 327
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: 199 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis arenicola M.A.Clem. & J.Stewart legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 327
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 281 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "covered with scales"
Reiter, N., Clements, M. & Vlcek, K. (2013), An examination of Pterostylis xerophila (Orchidaceae) and the confirmation of P. lingua as a new species in Victoria. Muelleria 31: 73 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis lingua M.A.Clem. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880), Australian Orchids 1(6): 6th plate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 102 [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: 40, 65, 76, 107, 118 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis rufa var. squamata (R.Br.) Fitzg. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis squamata R.Br. var. squamata legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus squamata Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus squamatus (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis dichaeta Rchb.f. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. F [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis aff. rufa [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. aff. rufa legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis aff. rufa [n/a] misapplication: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 24
  • APC Comment: Treated as Oligochaetochilus squamatus in the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936), Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8): 135-138
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis boormanii Rupp legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 248
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis arenicola M.A.Clem. & J.Stewart legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 248
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 560 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Oligochaetochilus squamatus (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate
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