Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris laxiflora Lindl. , legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
li.
[tax. nov.]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
178, 179
[secondary reference]
Type:
Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris carinata Lindl. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
364-365
[secondary reference]
common name:
Cat's-Face Orchid [n/a]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
55
[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
822
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris carinata Lindl. legitimate
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
236
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
69
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"`Swan River', 1839, J. Drummond s.n. (lecto K-L!, isolectotype BM! FI! K!)."
Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990) , Western Australia's Endangered Flora
52, Fig. 98
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
403
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
403
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
365
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
170
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"loose flowers, alluding to the widely separated flowers"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
482
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2013) , The characterisation of Diuris laxiflora Lindl. and the description of four new allied species from Western Australia. Australian Orchid Review 78(1)
21-23
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
"(lecto K-L (photo seen), isolecto BN [sic 'BM'?], Fl, K)."
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
24, 128
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris aff. laxiflora [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'granite' [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Canning Vale' [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Brookton Highway' [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'granite' [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Canning Vale' [n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris sp. 'Brookton Highway' [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
243
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
282
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bee Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Lain laxus (wide, loose, open), and -floris (flower), in reference to the open flower arrangement."
