Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis angusta
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis angusta A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), Four new species of Orchidaceae from Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 164-165, Fig. 4 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "West of Mt. Trio, Stirling Range, W.A., in clay-quartzite soil in wandoo woodland, A.S. George 9480, Aug. 2, 1969 - holo.: PERTH, iso.: K, MEL, NSW."..
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the narrow aspect of the flower."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 189 BHL [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 296-297 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [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]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 182 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow Shell Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 119 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 341 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow-hooded Shell Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 341 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow-hooded Shell Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 88 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 383 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow-hooded Shell Orchid [n/a]
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: 70 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium angustum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 266 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow-hooded shell orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "narrowed, alluding to the narrowly hooded flower"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 402 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow Hooded Shell Orchid [n/a]
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 37, 131 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium angustum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 483 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium angustum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 120 [secondary reference]
common name: Narrow-hooded Shell Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin angustus (narrowed), in reference to the narrowly hooded flower."