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.
Apostasia wallichii R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Wallich, N. (1 September 1830) , Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1(4) :
75, t. 84
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in valle Napaliae minore, Noakote dicta, terrestris infra arbores, florens et fructigera mense Aprilis."
Authorship of this name is sometimes attributed to "R.Br. ex Wall." (e.g. A.D.Chapman, Austral. Pl. Name Index 248 (1991)) or to "Wall.". However, Wallich lists "Brown MSS. " after the diagnostic text and mentions that "Mr. Brown... has favoured me with the highly important observations given above...". The authorship of this name is thus accepted here as ascribed under ICN Art. 46.2 (Melbourne Code, 2012).
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
Supplement, S12
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia alba Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia papuana Schltr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm.
legitimate
Vogel, E.F. de (1969) , Monograph of the tribe Apostasieae (Orchidaceae). Blumea 17(2) :
338-343, Figs 10c-g, 11 (map)
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"Wallich 4448 (lectotype K, herb. Wallich, dupl. K, E)."
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia alba Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia papuana Schltr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1970) , Australian Plants 2 :
36
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
355
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
12
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"(lecto K!, isolect E, K! K-L!)."
taxonomic synonym:
Mesodactylis deflexa Wall.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia alba Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia papuana Schltr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm.
legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
12-15, Pl. 1
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Mesodactylis deflexa Wall.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia alba Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia papuana Schltr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia nipponica Masam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. nipponica ( Masam.) Masam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii subsp. nipponica ( Masam.) Masam.
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 :
308
[secondary reference]
Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002) , Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens :
134
[secondary reference]
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 :
4, 82
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Apostasia wallichii R.Br. var. wallichii
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Apostasia wallichii R.Br. subsp. wallichii
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Mesodactylis deflexa Wall.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyera stylidioides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia stylidioides ( F.Muell.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia alba Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia gracilis Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia lucida Blume ex Siebe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia papuana Schltr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia curvata J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. seraweiensis J.J.Sm.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia nipponica Masam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii var. nipponica ( Masam.) Masam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apostasia wallichii subsp. nipponica ( Masam.) Masam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Niemeyere stylidioides Dockrill
orth. var.