Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Diuris porphyrochila
Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris porphyrochila D.L.Jones & C.J.French , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2016), Three new species in the Diuris corymbosa Lindley complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia. Australian Orchid Review 81(4): 35-38 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Big Rock, Wellington Dam, Lennard Drive 1.4 km from Falcon Road, 21 Sep. 1997, C.J.French 830 (holo CANB 668688; iso MEL, PERTH)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "From the Greek porphyro, purple and -cheilos, lip, in reference to the purple labellum of this species."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'sandplain' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Yalgorup' [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'sandplain' [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2018), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2017. Nuytsia 29: 2 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 255 [secondary reference]
common name: Yalgorup Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 262 [secondary reference]
common name: Yalgorup Donkey Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek porphyro (purple) and -cheilos (lip), referring to the purple labellum typical of this species."