Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thelymitra grandiflora subsp. exposa
Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra grandiflora subsp. exposa R.J.Bates , legitimate, scientific
Bates, R.J. (2014), A new subspecies of the "Giant Sun Orchid" Thelymitra grandiflora from the Flinders Ranges in northern South Australia. Australian Orchid Review 79(6): 52-56 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "South Australia. Flinders Ranges, Wirrabara Native Forest Reserve, Weckert Track, on stony ridge on north side of track toward summit range, with grass trees Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata, 12th September 2013, R Bates 91212 (holo, AD; iso, MEL)."
  • Etymology: "the name exposa refers to the exposed high mountain sites where this subspecies occurs."
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: 49, 101 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: SA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 440 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra grandiflora Fitzg. legitimate