Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thelymitra pulcherrima
Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra pulcherrima 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): 168-169, Figs 9, 12d-f BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia. Eneabba-Leeman Rd, 6-7 km W of the Brand Highway, 26.viii.2001, C.J.French 2947 (holotype PERTH, isotypes MEL 2136734 & CANB).
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 307 [secondary reference]
common name: Northern 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] taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra pulcherrima A.P.Br., P.Dundas, K.W.Dixon & Hopper nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 458-459 [secondary reference]
common name: Northern Queen of Sheba [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 256 [secondary reference]
common name: Northern Queen of Sheba [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin pulcherrimus (beautiful, pretty), in reference to the striking flower colour."