Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Diuris pallescens
Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris pallescens D.L.Jones & C.J.French , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2016), Eight new species in the Diuris corymbosa Lindley complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia. Australian Orchid Review 81(2): 41-42 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, Caron Nature Reserve, Wubin - Perenjori Road, 17 km south of Perenjori, 28 Aug. 2005, C.J.French 6220 (holo CANB 670156)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The Latin pallescens, pale, wan, becoming paler, in reference to the very pale-coloured flowers."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016. Nuytsia 28: 121 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'mid-north' [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Three Springs' [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Three Springs' [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 254-255 [secondary reference]
common name: Pale Donkey Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 250 [secondary reference]
common name: Pale Donkey Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin pallescens (pale, wan, becoming paler), in reference to the pale-coloured flowers of this species."