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.
Calochilus pruinosus D.L.Jones
, legitimate , scientific
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006) , Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5 :
67-68
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Western Australia. Hopetoun, 24 Sept. 1990, H.Taylor (D.L.Jones 6670); holo CANB; iso PERTH).
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
120
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mallee beard orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"frosted, alluding to the waxy or powdery bloom that covers the plant"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
329
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mallee Beard Orchid
[n/a]
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, 95, 112, 127
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Calochilus aff. campestris
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Calochilus aff. campestris
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Calochilus aff. campestris
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Calochilus sp. Hopetoun (H.Taylor s.n.)
[n/a]
pro parte misapplication:
Calochilus campestris R.Br.
legitimate
by 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 : 196, 238
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
417-418
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mallee Beard Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
210
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mallee Beard Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin prunosus (frosted), in reference to the plant, including the flower, being covered with a white, waxy, powdery bloom."