Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis parva
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis parva D.L.Jones & C.J.French , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2015), New species in the Pterostylis nana R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) from Western Australia - 4. Australian Orchid Review 80(2): 33-36 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Roe District. Truslove Nature Reserve, 2.9 km north along Swan Lagoon Road., 16 July 1995, C.French (D.L.Jones 14037) (holo CANB 663789)."
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. aff. nana (fawn snail orchid) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. small stature (W.Jackson BJ303) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'fawn' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'small stature' [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin parvus, small, little, puny, in reference to the very short stature, small flowers and leaves."
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: 39, 98, 132 [secondary reference]
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (31 March 2016), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2015. Nuytsia 27: 14 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. small stature (W.Jackson BJ303) [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. aff. nana [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. aff. nana [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. small stature (W.Jackson BJ303) [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'Esperance granite' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'fawn' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'small stature' [n/a] pro parte taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis sp. 'brittle' [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Pterostylis timothyi (D.L.Jones) Janes & Duretto legitimate by Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 413
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 502 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Diplodium parvum D.L.Jones nom. inval.
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 164 [secondary reference]
common name: Fawn Snail Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin parvus (small, little, puny), in reference to the short stature and small flowers and leaves."