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.
Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
331
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
111
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
252
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
535
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium leai Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
Domin, K. (1915) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85) :
542
[secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
127-128
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
463
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
630-632, Pl. 21-22
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
178
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Broad Sound, Qld., R. Brown , Sept. 25, 1802 - holo.: BM"
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1 :
80
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dampyampy
[n/a]
common name:
Wild Arrowroot
[n/a]
common name:
Black Orchid
[n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981) , Plants of Western New South Wales :
198
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dampy-ampy
[n/a]
common name:
White-tongued Cymbidium
[n/a]
common name:
Tiger Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Humpy Dumpy
[n/a]
common name:
Queensland Black Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Black Orchid
[n/a]
George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Orchidaceae ( not Pterostylis). Flora of Central Australia :
515
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
28
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br. f. canaliculatum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
55
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
57
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
594-595
[secondary reference]
common name:
Black Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Channel Leaf Cymbidium
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
424
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
43
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"'Tropical Queensland; Broad Sound', Sep. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype BM! here designated)."
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
1006, Fig. 302A
[secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Cymbidium. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
240-241, pl. 17
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tiger Orchid
[n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1994) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2 :
854-856, Pl. 126
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
309
[secondary reference]
Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996) , Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia :
213-214
[secondary reference]
common name:
Tree Orchid
[n/a]
Vernacular:
banggaljoon (Bardi)
Vernacular:
pungulyon (Bardi)
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
200, Plate 487
[secondary reference]
common name:
Black Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
366
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native cymbidium
[n/a]
Etymology:
"longitudinal grooves, alluding to the calli on the labellum"
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 :
20, 71, 81, 84, 128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br. var. canaliculatum
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br. f. canaliculatum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
747
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
common name:
Black Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Channel-Leaf Cymbidium
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
296
[secondary reference]
common name:
Native Cymbidium
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin canaliculus (longitudinal grooves), in reference to the longitudinal calli on the labellum."
Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D. & Clements, M.A. (12 August 2022) , A revision of Orchidaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia with new species of tropical Calochilus and Dipodium. Telopea 25 :
223-225, Figs 1A (map), 7
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Queensland: Broad Sound, 25 Sept. 1803, R.Brown [Bennett No. 5503 ], (lecto: BM 000532695; isolecto: BM 000532696, BM 000532697, E 00686022, E 00686023, K 000891109, K 000891110), designated by M.A.Clements, Austr. Orchid Res. 1: 43 (1989)."
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium hillii F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium sparkesii Rendle
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. sparkesii ( Rendle) F.M.Bailey
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. fuscum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. marginatum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. aureolum Rupp
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. inconstans Rupp
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum var. barrettii Nicholls
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium canaliculatum f. purpurascens Rupp
legitimate