Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis squamata R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
327
[tax. nov.]
Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6) :
20
[secondary reference]
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871) , Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde :
69
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis dichaeta Rchb.f.
nom. inval., pro syn.
misapplication:
Pterostylis rufa R.Br.
legitimate
by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6) : 21, t. CXVI(B)
Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880) , Australian Orchids 1(6) :
6th plate
[secondary reference]
Fitzgerald, R.D. in Moore, C. (1893) , Orchideae. Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales :
401
[basionym]
basionym of:
Pterostylis rufa var. squamata ( R.Br.) Fitzg.
legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
200
[pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis rufa R.Br.
legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903) , The Tasmanian Flora :
199
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis barbata Lindl.
legitimate
by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858) , The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6) : 20
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
153
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Scaly, referring to stem-bracts.
Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936) , Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8) :
135-138
[secondary reference]
common name:
Scaly Greenhood
[n/a]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
248
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"scaly , referring to stem-bracts"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
98
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis rufa var. squamata ( R.Br.) Fitzg.
legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
191
[secondary reference]
Type:
"Table Mountain, Tas., Brown – holo.: BM."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
191
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis rufa R.Br.
legitimate
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1 :
443
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 248
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
33
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Pterostylis rufa R.Br. subsp. rufa
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
127
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"`Tasmania, Table Mountain', 1805, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype [a single flower] W!)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis rufa var. squamata ( R.Br.) Fitzg.
legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
123
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis lingua M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880) , Australian Orchids 1(6) : 6th plate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
123
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha
legitimate
by Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936) , Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8) : 135-138
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
90-91, Plate 221
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998) , A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3 :
152-153, Fig. 7.11
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis rufa var. squamata ( R.Br.) Fitzg.
legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania :
241
[secondary reference]
common name:
Ruddy Greenhood
[n/a]
Etymology:
"with scales (stem bracts probably)"
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
90-91, Plate 221
[secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001) , Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1) :
25
[basionym]
basionym of:
Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br.) Szlach.
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 :
131
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br.) 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 :
23, 25, 27
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br.) Szlach.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis aff. rufa
[n/a]
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 boormanii Rupp
legitimate
by Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 : 327
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 arenicola M.A.Clem. & J.Stewart
legitimate
by Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 : 327
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory :
281
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"covered with scales"
Reiter, N., Clements, M. & Vlcek, K. (2013) , An examination of Pterostylis xerophila (Orchidaceae) and the confirmation of P. lingua as a new species in Victoria. Muelleria 31 :
73
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis lingua M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1880) , Australian Orchids 1(6) : 6th plate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
102
[secondary reference]
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, 65, 76, 107, 118
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis rufa var. squamata ( R.Br.) Fitzg.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pterostylis squamata R.Br. var. squamata
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus squamata Szlach.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis dichaeta Rchb.f.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. F
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis aff. rufa
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis sp. aff. rufa
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis aff. rufa
[n/a]
misapplication:
Pterostylis rufa R.Br.
legitimate
by Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A : 24
APC Comment:
Treated as Oligochaetochilus squamatus in the ACT.
APC Dist.:
NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha
legitimate
by Nicholls, W.H. (8 December 1936) , Pterostylis squamata R.Br. - an important discovery. The Victorian Naturalist 53(8) : 135-138
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Pterostylis boormanii Rupp
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 248
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Pterostylis arenicola M.A.Clem. & J.Stewart
legitimate
by Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 : 248
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
560
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Oligochaetochilus squamatus ( R.Br.) Szlach.
legitimate