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.
Malaxis Sol. ex Sw.
, legitimate , scientific
Swartz, O. (1788) , Nova Genera & Species Plantarum seu Prodromus :
8, 119
[tax. nov.]
Labillardière, J.J.H. de (1806) , Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2(22) :
62
[secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913) , An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 1 :
570
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Malaxis spicata Sw.
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
285-289
[secondary reference]
Hill, K.D. & Blaxell, D.F. (June 1985) , Notes on the genus Malaxis Sol. ex Sw., including a new record for Australia. The Orchadian 8(4) :
80-82
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
366-367
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
372
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
91
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microstylis ( Nutt.) Eaton
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Dienia Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gastroglottis Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Anaphora Gagnep.
legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
117, 273
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Microstylis ( Nutt.) Eaton
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Crepidium Blume
legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
371-372
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
516
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Dienia Lindl.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Malaxia J.M.Black
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Malaxis subg. Microstylis Nutt.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Microstylus Eaton
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Microstylis ( Nutt.) Eaton
legitimate
APC Comment:
A widespread taxon, not considered to occur in Australia. Previous records of Malaxis for Australia represent misapplications to various other taxa.