Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Pterostylis echinulata

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Pterostylis(gen.)
echinulata(sp.)

Pterostylis echinulata 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 - 3.

Australian Orchid Review

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41

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Western Australia. Roe District; Corner of North Road and Gnarming East Road, 15 July 1997, C.J.French 585 (holo CANB 665472)"

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis sp. 'hairy leaf'

[n/a]

Etymology: "The Latin echinulatus, with very small prickles, alluding to the impression imparted by the siliceous cells present on the leaves, scape and ovary of this species."

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

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38, 131

[secondary reference]

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015.

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5

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017), New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Review

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63

[basionym]

basionym of:

Diplodium echinulatum (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 echinulatum (D.L.Jones & C.J.French) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis sp. 'hairy leaf'

[n/a]

APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

:

499

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Diplodium echinulatum (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

:

160

[secondary reference]

common name:

Hairy-leafed Snail Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin echinulatus (small prickles), in reference to the short hair-like structures on the edges of the leaves, scape and ovary."