Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Pterostylis scabra
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis scabra Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: liii. [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited.)
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 359 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis reflexa R.Br. legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 191 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L.
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [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: 838 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis constricta O.H.Sarg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis robusta R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis hamiltonii Nicholls legitimate common name: Bronze Shell Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 209 [secondary reference]
common name: Bronze Shell Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 127 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis constricta O.H.Sarg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis reflexa var. constricta (O.H.Sarg.) Ewart & Jean White legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 340 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-veined Shell Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 340 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-veined Shell Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 89 [secondary reference]
common name: Bronze 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: 71 [basionym]
basionym of: Diplodium scabrum (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
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: 129 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium scabrum (Lindl.) 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: Green-veined shell orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "rough, alluding to the labellum hairs"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 401 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-veined 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: 40, 132 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis scabra Lindl. var. scabra legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium scabrum (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis constricta O.H.Sarg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis reflexa var. constricta (O.H.Sarg.) Ewart & Jean White legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 491 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium scabrum (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 120 [secondary reference]
common name: Green-veined Shell Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin scabrous (rough or gritty to the touch), in reference to the rough surface of the labellum."