Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thelymitra speciosa
Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra speciosa Jeanes , legitimate, scientific
Jeanes, J.A. (27 July 2009), Resolution of the Thelymitra variegata (Orchidaceae) complex of southern Australia and New Zealand. Muelleria 27(2): 166-167, Figs 8, 12a-c BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Westesrn Australia. W of junction of Twertup Ck & Fitzgerald R., 11.vii.1970, A.S.George 9904 (holotype PERTH 306967).
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 306 [secondary reference]
common name: Eastern Queen of Sheba [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: 50, 134 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra aff. variegata [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 459 [secondary reference]
common name: Eastern Queen of Sheba [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Eastern Queen of Sheba [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin speciosus (showy, splendid), in reference to the attractively coloured flowers."