Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Thismia tectipora
Thismiaceae J.Agardh
Thismia tectipora Cowie , legitimate, scientific
Cowie, I.D. & Liddle, D.T. (13 May 2016), Thismia tectipora (Thismiaceae) a new, unusual mitre-form species from tropical Australia. Nuytsia 27: 87-91, Figs 1, 2 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Melville Island [near Paru], Northern Territory [precise locality withheld for conservation reasons], 18 February 2010, D.T. Liddle, N.A. Trikojus & N. Hunter 3603 (holo: DNA D0196145, spirit only)."
taxonomic synonym: Thismia sp. Melville Island (D.T.Liddle et al. 3603) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: NT
  • Etymology: "From the Latin tectus (hidden) and porus (a pore), in reference to the pores in the perianth tube, which are hidden by the mitre cap."