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 Plectorrhiza purpurata

Orchidaceae Juss.

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

Plectorrhiza purpurata (Rupp) M.A.M.Renner

, legitimate

, scientific

Renner, M.A.M. (20 September 2019), A nomenclatural history for Plectorrhiza purpurata (Orchidaceae).

:

158 APC

[comb. nov.]

basionym:

Cleisostoma purpuratum Rupp

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleisostoma gemmatum Rupp

nom. illeg.

nomenclatural synonym:

Sarcanthus purpuratus (Rupp) Rupp

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Sarcanthus gemmatus Rupp

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

nomenclatural synonym:

Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Plectorrhiza gemmata M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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

:

719-720

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleisostoma gemmatum Rupp

nom. illeg.

nomenclatural synonym:

Cleisostoma purpuratum Rupp

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Sarcanthus purpuratus (Rupp) Rupp

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Sarcanthus gemmatus Rupp

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

nomenclatural synonym:

Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Plectorrhiza gemmata M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

common name:

Purple Sprites

[n/a]

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021.

Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021

:

11

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill

legitimate

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