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 Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Dendrobium(gen.)
gracilicaule(sp.)
howeanum(var.)

Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden

, legitimate

, scientific

Maiden, J.H. (1899), Some further observations of the vegetation of Lord Howe Island.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

382

[tax. nov.]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids

:

400-401

[secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

28

[secondary reference]

Green, P.S. (1986), Notes relating to the floras of Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, II.

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum

:

115

[basionym]

basionym of:

Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green

legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia

:

455

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes.

Native Orchids of Australia

:

622

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dendrobium comptonii Rendle

legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

:

50

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Dendrobium comptonii Rendle

legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1

:

454-455

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dendrobium floribundum Rchb.f.

nom. illeg.

taxonomic synonym:

Dendrobium comptonii Rendle

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dendrobium drake-castilloi Kraenzl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Tropilis drake-castilloi (Kraenzl.) Rauschert

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Tropilis comptonii (Rendle) Rauschert

legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island.

Flora of Australia

:

537

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green

legitimate

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005), Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae.

The Orchadian

:

41

[basionym]

basionym of:

Thelychiton howeanus (Maiden) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

legitimate

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Thelychiton howeanus (Maiden) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Dendrobium floribundum Rchb.f.

nom. illeg.

misapplication: Dendrobium comptonii Rendle legitimate by

Jones, D.L. (1988), Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes.

Native Orchids of Australia

: 622 misapplication: Dendrobium comptonii Rendle legitimate by

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

1

: 50 misapplication: Thelychiton comptonii (Rendle) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate by

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region.

The Orchadian

13(11)

: 491

APC Dist.: LHI

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

:

684

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Thelychiton howeanus (Maiden) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones

legitimate