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.
Thelymitra megcalyptra Fitzg.
, legitimate , scientific
Fitzgerald, R.D. (October 1879) , Australian Orchids 1(5) :
2nd plate
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"This the form belonging to the interior, being the species to be obtained on the western side of the Coast Range. I have found it at Deniliquin and Lake George, and received it from Molong, Guntawang, and Boorowa. It flowers in October."
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
258
[secondary reference]
Nicholls, W.H. (1935) , The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4) :
155
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra aristata Lindl.
legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (1942) , Notes of New South Wales Orchids: additions and alterations to previously published lists. The Australian Naturalist 11 :
47
[basionym]
basionym of:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
215
[basionym]
basionym of:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Nicholls
isonym
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
8
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra aristata Lindl.
legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A :
43, Fig. 5H
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scented Sun-orchid
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
34
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes. Native Orchids of Australia :
636
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sun Orchid
[n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
392
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra nuda R.Br.
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
141
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"`New South Wales, Deniliquin', Oct., R.D. Fitzgerald s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Thelymitra. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
148, pl. 10
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
common name:
Scented Sun Orchid
[n/a]
Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
845-847
[secondary reference]
Treated as ' Thelymitra nuda-pauciflora complex'
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998) , A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3 :
199
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003) , Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7 :
28
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005) , Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1 :
202
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory :
250-251
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swollen Sun Orchid
[n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. (2013) , An overview of the Thelymitra nuda (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia including the description of six new species. Muelleria 31 :
27-30, Figs 5c, 6c (map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Nicholls
isonym
Jeanes, J.A. (2013) , An overview of the Thelymitra nuda (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia including the description of six new species. Muelleria 31 :
16
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Thelymitra imbricata D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A : 43, Fig. 5H
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[p. 755 & 757 (photo), pp. 824-825 (photos, map) of PDF]
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Nicholls
isonym
common name:
Scented Sun-orchid
[n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[p. 822 of PDF]
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra alpina Jeanes
legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[p. 820 of PDF]
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra alcockiae D.L.Jones ex Jeanes
legitimate
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 :
49, 65, 78, 119
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Nicholls
isonym
APC Dist.:
SA, NSW, ACT, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Thelymitra imbricata D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A : 43, Fig. 5H
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
428-429
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Thelymitra aristata var. megcalyptra ( Fitzg.) Rupp
legitimate
common name:
Plains Sun Orchid
[n/a]