Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Eriochilus tenuis Lindl. , legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
liii.
[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. Nuytsia 1(2)
182
[secondary reference]
Type:
Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
182
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eriochilus scaber Lindl. legitimate
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
827
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eriochilus scaber Lindl. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
160
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
78
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
186
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
186
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue
86
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
371
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender 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. Nuytsia 16(1)
54-57, Figs 6C, (map), 7
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
202
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender bunny orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"thin, fine, alluding to the slender form of the plant"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
230
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]
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
27, 129
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Eriochilus tenuis Lindl. var. tenuis legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
206
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate
common name:
Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
24
[secondary reference]
common name:
Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin tenuis (thin, fine, slender), in reference to the narrow form of the plant."
