Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis microphylla
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis microphylla D.L.Jones & C.J.French , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2014), New species in the Pterostylis nana R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia - 3. Australian Orchid Review 79(6): 49-51 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Gull Rock Road, 7.5 km S of Nannarup Road, east of Albany, 9 Sept. 1995, C.J.French (D.L.Jones 14347) (holo CANB 626606; iso BRI, MEL)."
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'swamps' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'small rosette' [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek micros, small and -phyllus, -leaved (small-leaved), in reference to the very small rosette leaves."
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: 39, 132 [secondary reference]
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 5 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017), New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2): 63 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium microphyllum (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium microphyllum (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. granite (W.Jackson BJ351) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'swamps' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'small rosette' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'fine sepals' [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 13 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. granite (W.Jackson BJ351) [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 500 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium microphyllum (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 156 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Rosette Snail Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek micros (small) and -phyllus (leaved), in reference to the very small basal rosette of leaves."