Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Corybas Salisb. , legitimate , scientific
Salisbury, R.A. (1807) , Paradisus Londinensis 2(1)
t. 83
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Corybus aconitiflorus Salisb.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
112
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
224
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek korybas , one of the dancing priests of Phrygia"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales
72-76
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
468-469
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids
161-167
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
116-118
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
177
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A
120-121
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
28
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
Royen, P. van (1983) , The genus Corybas (Orchidaceae) in its eastern areas. Phanerogamarum Monographiae 16
6
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
333
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
820
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
315-316
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Corybas. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
394-395
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
38
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nematoceras Hook.f. legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
69, Fig. 36
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet-orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991) , New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2
44-48
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
115
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1
136
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J., Jones, D.L. & Edgar, E. (1993) , Orchidaceae. Flora of Australia 50
528
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Corybas. Flora of New South Wales 4
212
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
835-836
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
532
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
165-166
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
114-115
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... apparently derived from the Greek korybas (referring to either a drunken man or a dancing priest of a goddess in Phrygia), and may allude to some suggestion of the nodding of a drunken man, or resemblance to a priest's headdress."
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
165-166
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
359
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
127
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"named from the Phrygian Corybantes who danced in honour of the goddess Rhea"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
220
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
275
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Corybas Salisb. sect. Corybas legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nematoceras Hook.f. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Corybas sect. Corysanthes (Kuntze legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes R.Br. sect. Corysanthes legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anzybas D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Corysanthes sect. Nematoceras (Szlach. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, ChI, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
58
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spurred Helmet Orchid [n/a]
