Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis R.Br. , nom. cons., scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 326 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
  • Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 1449).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 254, 255-257 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 537 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Nun-flower [n/a]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 147-148 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 241-242 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-hoods [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Greek pteron, a wing; stylos, column"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 78-101, 143 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 466 [secondary reference]
Cady, L.I. (1966), An Illustrated Checklist of the Genus Pterostylis. Australian Plants 4: 60-74 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 143-157 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 130-136 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 189 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 6-11 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pterostylis. Flora of Central Australia: 516 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 287 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Cady, L.I. (September 1986), The genus Pterostylis in Australia and New Zealand. The Orchadian 8(9): 183-188 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 836 [secondary reference]
Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118: 183 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Pterostylis curta R.Br. (typ. cons.)
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 175-177 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Pterostylis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 397-399 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 118 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diplodium Sw. nom. rej.
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 118-119, Fig. 23, Plate 18 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-hoods [n/a]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 143 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diplodium Sw. nom. rej.
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 333 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 105 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 171 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 531 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 798-802 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 63-64 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 136 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 209-211 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "... refers to the prominent wings on the upper part of the column in all species, and is derived from the Greek pteron (wing) and stylis (style or column)."
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 63-64 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 382 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4: 65, Figs 2.1, 2.2, Map 2 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Molloy, B.P.J. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A synopsis of the subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 135 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006), Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5: 85 [secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 263 [secondary reference]
common name: snail orchids [n/a] common name: shell orchids [n/a] common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
  • Etymology: "winged style, alluding to the prominently winged column found in all species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 280 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "from the Greek pteron, wing and stylos, column; reference to the prominent apical wing-like staminodes on the column"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 716 [secondary reference]
Janes, J.K. & Duretto, M.F. (31 August 2010), A new classification for subtribe Pterostylidinae (Orchidaceae), reaffirming Pterostylis in the broad sense. Australian Systematic Botany 23(4): 261 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 395 [secondary reference]
common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Diplodium Sw. nom. rej. taxonomic synonym: Plumatichilos Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Oligochaetochilus Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Urochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Taurodium D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Taurantha D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stamnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Speculantha D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ranorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pharochilum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Petrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. sect. Linguella legitimate taxonomic synonym: Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. subg. Linguella legitimate taxonomic synonym: Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Crangonorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bunochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plumatichilos Szlach. sect. Plumatichilos legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Oligochaetochilus subg. Glabrichilos Szlach. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Oligochaetochilus subg. Apicuchilos Szlach. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 507 [secondary reference]
common name: Maroonhoods [n/a] common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 114 [secondary reference]
common name: Snail orchids [n/a] common name: Shell orchids [n/a] common name: Greenhoods [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek pteron (wing) and -stylos (column), in reference to the prominently winged column found in all species."