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.
Praecoxanthus Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (June 2000) , New genera , subgenera, combinations, and species in the Caladenia alliance (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Lindleyana 15(2) :
124
[tax. nov.]
Type:
P. aphyllus (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. (Fig. 2).
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001) , A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9) :
411
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
376
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
243
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leafless orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"early flower, alluding to the early flowering period of the single known species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
697
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
211
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leafless Orchid
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
210
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
76
[secondary reference]
common name:
Leafless Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin praecox (developing early, bearing flowers before leaves) and -anthus (flower), in reference to the early flowering period."