Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn.
, legitimate , scientific
Cunningham, A. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1839) , Miscellaneous Notices. Notes of Orchidaceous Epiphytes of New South Wales. Edwards's Botanical Register 25 :
33
[tax. nov.]
Type:
" ... in dry shaded woods, Moreton Bay. June 1828."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
110
[secondary reference]
Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891) , Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 :
655
[basionym]
basionym of:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
250
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
525
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
539
[secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
117-118
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
460
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
420-422, Pl. 13
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1 :
90
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
29
[secondary reference]
Butzin, F.R. (1982) , Tropilis Raf., ein ubersehener Gattungsname bei den Orchideen. Willdenowia 12(2) :
250
[basionym]
basionym of:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Butzin
legitimate
Rauschert, S. (1983) , Beitrag zur Nomenklatur der Orchidaceae. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 94(7-8) :
471
[basionym]
basionym of:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Rauschert
isonym
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
489-490
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tree Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
434, Fig. 60D
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabile P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
common name:
Three Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
63
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Butzin
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Rauschert
isonym
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabile P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. hayesianum P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrocoryne tetragonum Brieger
nom. inval.
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
494, Pl. 8
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Dendrocoryne tetragonum Brieger
nom. inval.
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Butzin
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Rauschert
isonym
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Dendrobium. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
232-233
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. var. tetragonum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. hayesianum P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
common name:
Tree Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
187-188, Plate 451
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tree Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
188, Plate 451
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tree Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
137
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002) , Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11) :
490
[basionym]
basionym of:
Tetrabaculum tetragonum ( A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
Adams, Peter B. (10 January 2011) , New combinations and two new central Queensland taxa in the Dendrobium tetragonum (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) complex. Muelleria 29(1) :
77
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. var. tetragonum
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Callista tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Kuntze
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. var. tetragonum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Butzin
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Tropilis tetragona ( A.Cunn.) Rauschert
isonym
nomenclatural synonym:
Dendrocoryne tetragona Dockrill
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Tetrabaculum tetragonum ( A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. subsp. tetragonum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum Leaney
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabilis P.A.Gilbert
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum P.A.Gilbert
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. hayesianum P.A.Gilbert
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabilis P.A.Gilbert
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. variabile P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. giganteum P.A.Gilbert
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. hayesianum P.A.Gilbert
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. tomentosum Nicholls
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrocoryne tetragonum Brieger
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium capitisyork D.L.Jones
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium cacatua D.L.Jones
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium capitisyork M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium cacatua M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. cacatua ( M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tetrabaculum capitisyork ( M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Tetrabaculum cacatua ( M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum var. serpentis Peter B.Adams
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. cataractarum Peter B.Adams, S.D.Lawson & G.A.Paterson
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. giganteum ( Leaney) Peter B.Adams
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dendrobium tetragonum subsp. cataractum G.N.Backh., R.J.Bates, A.P.Br. & L.M.Copel.
orth. var.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Dendrobium melaleucaphilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones
legitimate
by Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids : 420-422, Pl. 13
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
690
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelychiton tetragonus D.L.Jones
nom. inval.