Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis excelsa
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis excelsa M.A.Clem. , legitimate, scientific
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2119, fig. 984 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "cultivated Australian National Botanic Garden ex "South Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Koongawa, Waddikee Rocks", 28 Nov. 1978, M.A. Clements 1600E (CBG), Isotype: AD."
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 217 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 122 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis squamata var. valida Nicholls legitimate
Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (March 1990), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 3: 18, 174 [secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167 [secondary reference]
common name: Dryland green-hood [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name excelsa (lofty or high) refers to the tall, elegant flower scape."
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 86, Plate 211 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 86, Plate 211 [secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 24 [basionym]
basionym of: Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 26 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis basaltica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2119, fig. 984
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 200 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis mitchellii f. major W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl. legitimate by Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia: 365 misapplication: Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha legitimate by Blackmore, J.A.P. & Clemesha, S.C. (June 1968), A review of the so-called "rufous group" for the genus Pterostylis. The Orchadian 2(12): 154 & fig.
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 199 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis cobarensis M.A.Clem. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2119, fig. 984
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, 98 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus excelsa Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis mitchellii f. major W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow nom. inval., pro syn. misapplication: Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl. legitimate by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 248-249 misapplication: Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 442-443
  • APC Dist.: SA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis cobarensis M.A.Clem. legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Pterostylis basaltica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (March 1990), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 3: 18, 174
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis sp. Short sepals (A.G.Spooner 12842) SA Herbarium [n/a] by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 572 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach. legitimate