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 faceta

Orchidaceae Juss.

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

Pterostylis faceta (D.L.Jones, C.J.French & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & C.J.French

, legitimate

, scientific

Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2018), New combinations in the Pterostylidinae.

Australian Orchid Review

:

55

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Plumatichilos facetus D.L.Jones, C.J.French & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018.

:

5

[secondary reference]

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

:

589

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Plumatichilos facetus D.L.Jones, C.J.French & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Plumatichilos facetus D.L.Jones, C.J.French & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis sp. 'plumed'

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis sp. 'plumed'

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis sp. 'plumed'

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Pterostylis faceta D.L.Jones & C.J.French

nom. inval.

misapplication: Pterostylis plumosa Cady legitimate by

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

: 33 misapplication: Pterostylis plumosa Cady legitimate by

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

: 56

APC Dist.: WA

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2

:

136

[secondary reference]

common name:

Plumed Bird Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin facetus (fine, elegant, well made), in reference to the elegant appearance of this species."