Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis erubescens
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]
  • APC Dist.: WA
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."