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 Eriochilus dilatatus

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Eriochilus(gen.)
dilatatus(sp.)

Eriochilus dilatatus Lindl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony

:

liii, adnot. [249]

BHL

[tax. nov.]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

113

[secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia.

:

181

BHL

[secondary reference]

Type: Swan River, Mangles - holo.: K-L.

taxonomic synonym:

Eriochilus multiflorus Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Eriochilus latifolius Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Eriochilus dilatatus var. brevifolius Benth.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Eriochilus dilatatus var. latifolius (Lindl.) Benth.

legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia

:

348, 352-353

[secondary reference]

common name:

White Bunny Orchid

[n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

55

[secondary reference]

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

:

826

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Eriochilus multiflorus Lindl.

legitimate

common name:

White Bunny Orchid

[n/a]

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

:

160

[secondary reference]

common name:

White Bunny Orchid

[n/a]

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

Australian Orchid Research

:

77

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

369

[secondary reference]

common name:

White Bunny Orchid

[n/a]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus.

:

33-36, Fig. 1

BHL

[secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia

:

198

[secondary reference]

Etymology: "widened, alluding to the broad labellum and lateral sepals"

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

:

-

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA

Brundrett, M.C. & Hammer, T.A. (16 April 2020), The Eriochilus dilatatus (Orchidaceae) complex in Western Australia: subspecies taxonomy is not supported by consistent differences in morphology or distribution.

Australian Systematic Botany

:

341 APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA

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