Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra porphyrosticta F.Muell.
, legitimate , scientific
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865) , Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35) :
97
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Ad margines paludum prope flumen Salt River et in vallibus humidis prope Kalgan. Maxw."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
196
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Kalgan River, Maxwell -iso.: K."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
196
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra variegata ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
143
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra variegata ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. (27 July 2009) , Resolution of the Thelymitra variegata (Orchidaceae) complex of southern Australia and New Zealand. Muelleria 27(2) :
164
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
hic designatus: Ad margines paludum prope flumen Salt River et in valibus humisis prope Kalgan [margins of swamps near Salt River and moist valleys, near Kalgan], Maxwell s.n. Kalgan River, MEL 114390; isolectotype K.
Jeanes, J.A. (27 July 2009) , Resolution of the Thelymitra variegata (Orchidaceae) complex of southern Australia and New Zealand. Muelleria 27(2) :
164
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra variegata ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. (27 July 2009) , Resolution of the Thelymitra variegata (Orchidaceae) complex of southern Australia and New Zealand. Muelleria 27(2) :
157
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra spiralis ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra variegata ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra spiralis ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
459
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Thelymitra variegata ( Lindl.) F.Muell.
legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
256
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern Queen of Sheba
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek porphyra (purple) and -strictus (spotted), in reference o the purple blotched flowers."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34 :
16
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Thelymitra sp. South coast (G.Byrne 5133) WA Herbarium
[n/a]