Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis dilatata
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis dilatata A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. (24 October 1984), Seven new orchids from Western Australia. Nuytsia 5(1): 61 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Below N side of Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range, Western Australia (34°22′S, 118°15′E), 6 July 1969, A.S. George 9390 (holo: PERTH; iso: CANB)."
  • Etymology: "The Latin dilatatus, widened, refers to the apices of the petals."
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: 837 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 190-191 [secondary reference]
common name: Tall Snail Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 122 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 343 [secondary reference]
common name: Robust Snail Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 343 [secondary reference]
common name: Robust Snail Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 89 [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: 75 [basionym]
basionym of: Linguella dilatata (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 268 [secondary reference]
common name: Robust snail orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "expanded, alluding to the bloated appearance of the flowers"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 404 [secondary reference]
common name: Robust Snail 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: 38, 131 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017), New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2): 63 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium dilatatum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Linguella dilatata (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium dilatatum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 488 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium dilatatum (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 196 [secondary reference]
common name: Robust Snail Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin dilatatus (broadened, widened or expanded), in reference to the broad petals."