Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Rhizanthella R.S.Rogers , legitimate , scientific
Rogers, R.S. (1930) , A new genus of Australian orchid. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 15
1, t. I, II.
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Rhizanthella gardneri R.Rogers
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
192
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
329
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
330-331
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
362
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
129
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cryptanthemis Rupp legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
119
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cryptanthemis Rupp legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
327
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchids [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Rhizanthella. Flora of New South Wales 4
219
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
175-176
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchids [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
175-176
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchids [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
301
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"root flower, alluding to the underground flowering of species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
736
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
387
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchids [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cryptanthemis Rupp legitimate
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019) , Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5)
38
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cryptanthemis Rupp legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
402-404
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
202
[secondary reference]
common name:
Underground Orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek rhiza (root) and -anthos (flowers), in referene to the flowers appearing to emanate directly from the roots."
