Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Calochilus psednus
Orchidaceae Juss.
Calochilus psednus D.L.Jones & Lavarack , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & Lavarack, P.S. (1989), New Species of Calochilus (Orchidaceae) from north-eastern Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 100: 101, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Queensland, North Kennedy District: Sunday Ck, south of Cardwell, 18°30'S, 146°10'E, 12 Dec 1988, P.S.Lavarack 3623 (holo: CBG; iso: BRI)."
  • APC Dist.: Qld
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Greek, psednos, thin, scanty or bald, and has been chosen in reference to the sparsely adorned labellum, a feature unusual in this genus."
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 166-167 [secondary reference]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 7 [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: 15, 83 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: Qld
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 423 [secondary reference]
common name: Cardwell Beard Orchid [n/a]