Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis laxa
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis laxa Blackmore , legitimate, scientific
Blackmore, J.A.P. (August 1968), A new Pterostylis species from the highlands of N.S.W. and the A.C.T. The Orchadian 3(1): 2, & fig. [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Upper Grose Valley, N.S.W., J.A.P. Blackmore, 10 March, 1962 (NSW 100276)."
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 135 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 197-198 [secondary reference]
common name: Antelope Greenhood [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 123 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 182 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 815, Fig. 168g-i [secondary reference]
common name: Antelope Greenhood [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 105, Plate 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Antelope Greenhood [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 105, Plate 258 [secondary reference]
common name: Antelope Greenhood [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: 71 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium laxum (Blackmore) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 22, 26 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium laxum (Blackmore) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 279 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "weak, lax, loose, limp"
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, 64, 75, 117 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium laxum (Blackmore) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Comment: Treated as Diplodium laxum in the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 480 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium laxum (Blackmore) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate