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.
Pterostylis erubescens 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 - 2. Australian Orchid Review 79(3) :
38-41
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Western Australia, Darling District, Milyeanup Coast Road, 500 m. east of Scott River Road, 1 Oct. 2005, C.J.French 6379 (holo CANB 672933)."
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. red flowered (W.Jackson BJ269)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. 'red flowered'
[n/a]
Etymology:
"The Latin erubescens , reddening or blushing; in reference to the light red colouration of the upper parts of the flowers."
Parker, C.M. (10 March 2015) , Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2014. Nuytsia 25 :
22
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. red flowered (W.Jackson BJ269)
[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 :
38, 131
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017) , New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2) :
63
[basionym]
basionym of:
Diplodium erubescens ( 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 erubescens ( D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. red flowered (W.Jackson BJ269)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. 'red flowered'
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
505
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Diplodium erubescens ( 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:
Red-sepaled Snail Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin erubescens (reddening or blushing), in reference to the often reddish coloured dorsal sepal and petals."